NASA has narrowed the target for its most advanced Mars rover, Curiosity, which will land on the Red Planet in August. The car-sized rover will arrive closer to its ultimate…
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Opportunity completed its original three-month mission on Mars eight years ago. It reached Endeavour last summer, three years after the rover’s science team chose Endeavour as a long-term destination. This…
NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has found bright veins of a mineral, apparently gypsum, deposited by water. Analysis of the vein will help improve understanding of the history of wet…
After a journey of almost three years, NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has reached the Red Planet’s Endeavour crater to study rocks never seen before. On Aug. 9, the golf…
The car-sized Mars Science Laboratory, or Curiosity, is scheduled to launch late this year and land in August 2012. The target crater spans 96 miles (154 kilometers) in diameter and…
Award winning director James Cameron is assisting industry leaders and engineers at NASA’s Jet Proportion Laboratory to build a 3D Camera for the next Mar’s rover “Curiosity”. The Mars Science…
Be a part of Mars exploration! NASA is inviting people worldwide to vote on their favorite names for the Mars Science Laboratory mission rover: http://marsrovername.jpl.nasa.gov. Voting takes place March 23-29,…
Want a chance to name NASA’s next Mars Rover? You must be a K-12 student in the United States to participate, but voting on the names will be world-wide. For…
Visit the NASA Moon and Mars website to learn about the spacesuit of the future, check out new lunar robots and rockets, and view images and videos about tests and…
Watch a video and read more about ATHLETE (All Terrain Hex-Limbed Extra Terrestrial Explorer, a futuristic robot that may one day go to the moon.
