Mars

Quick and Curious Facts About the Mars Science Laboratory Mission

Since launching in November 2011, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) has been on a 560 million-kilometer (350 million-mile) journey to…

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Curious About Curiosity’s Chemistry Mission?

The Mars Science Laboratory will be seeking clues to the planetary puzzle about life on Mars, the Curiosity rover is…

12 years ago

What Will Curiosity’s “View” Be as it Approaches the Red Planet?

Imagine if you were tucked away inside the Mars Science Laboratory backshell, just like the Curiosity rover. What would you…

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Curiosity’s Grand Entrance with Star Trek’s William Shatner and Wil Wheaton – Video Duet

Video Caption: Star Trek’s Captain Kirk, actor William Shatner, guides viewers through the video titled, "Grand Entrance," showing NASA’s Curiosity…

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Curiosity Completes Crucial Course Correction – 1 Week from Mars !

Image Caption: Course correcting thruster firings on July 29 successfully placed Curiosity on target to touchdown beside Mount Sharp inside…

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Will Curiosity Look for Life on Mars? Not Exactly…

"Curiosity is not a life detection mission. We're not actually looking for life and we don't have the ability to…

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Flashback: 1978 NASA Film Shows Viking Discoveries

In what's a sort of foreshadowing of the upcoming August 5 MSL landing, which is being called "seven minutes of…

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Latest from Mars: Massive Polar Ice Cliffs, Northern Dunes, Gullied Craters

Several gorgeous images are in this week's update from the HiRISE camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. This lovely…

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