After collecting drilled rock powder in arguably the most scenic landscape yet visited by a Mars rover, NASA’s Curiosity mobile laboratory is driving toward uphill destinations as part of its…
After collecting drilled rock powder in arguably the most scenic landscape yet visited by a Mars rover, NASA’s Curiosity mobile laboratory is driving toward uphill destinations as part of its…
While busily investigating bedrock types on Mars’ Mount Sharp and preparing for a drill test, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has also been looking up frequently to monitor sunspots on the…
Curiosity landed on Mars in August 2012. The drive on Sol 957 brought the mission’s total driving distance past the 10-kilometer mark (6.214 miles). The rover is passing through a…
NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory, Curiosity, has resumed driving after the holidays and was able to pull within arm’s reach of a sinuous rock feature called “Snake River.” Snake River is…
NASA’s Curiosity rover mission has found evidence a stream once ran vigorously across the area on Mars where the rover is driving. There is earlier evidence for the presence of…
About two hours after landing on Mars and beaming back its first image, NASA’s Curiosity rover transmitted a higher-resolution image of its new Martian home, Gale Crater. Mission Control at…
NASA’s most advanced Mars rover Curiosity has landed on the Red Planet. The one-ton rover, hanging by ropes from a rocket backpack, touched down onto Mars Sunday to end a…
NASA’s most advanced planetary rover is on a precise course for an early August landing beside a Martian mountain to begin two years of unprecedented scientific detective work. The area…
+ More Info on Curiosity
NASA engineers just installed six new wheels on the Curiosity rover, and rotated all six wheels at once. Curiosity, also known as The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), will launch in…