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Curiosity Buttoned Up for Martian Voyage in Search of Life’s Ingredients
[/caption] Take a good last, long look at the magnificent robot that is Curiosity, because she’s been all buttoned up…
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Daring Russian Sample Return mission to Martian Moon Phobos aims for November Liftoff
[/caption] In just over 3 weeks' time, Russia plans to launch a bold mission to Mars whose objective, if successful…
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Assembling Curiosity’s Rocket to Mars
[/caption] Assembly of the powerful Atlas V booster that will rocket NASA’s Curiosity Mars Science Laboratory rover to Mars is…
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JPL’s ‘Muscle Car’ – MSL – Takes Center Stage
[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA is experiencing what could be dubbed a “summer of planetary exploration.” With the Juno…
Mars Science Lab Rover Will Land in Gale Crater
[/caption] It's official: the Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity, will be landing Gale Crater on Mars. Scientists announced the final…
Landing Site for Next Mars Rover Narrowed to Two
[/caption] Although a rumor came out about a week and a half ago that Gale Crater was the scientists’ preferred…
Gale Crater Reported Front-Runner for MSL Landing Site
A 150-kilometer-wide hollow on Mars named Gale Crater has emerged as the front-runner for the potential landing site for the…
Packing a Mars Rover for the Trip to Florida
Check out this way cool time-lapse movie of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover as its being packed up for her trip…
Test Roving NASA’s Curiosity on Earth
[/caption] Just over a year from now, NASA’s Curiosity rover should be driving across fascinating new landscapes on the surface…
Mars Science Lab Backshell Damaged (Updated)
[/caption] UPDATE: According to JPL's Scott Maxwell on Twitter, the aeroshell was not damaged during the improper lifting, which is…