Mars Science Laboratory

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…

13 years ago

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…

13 years ago

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…

13 years ago

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…

13 years ago

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…

13 years ago

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…

13 years ago

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…

14 years ago

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…

14 years ago

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…

14 years ago

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…

14 years ago