Curiosity

Human Voyages to Mars Pose Higher Cancer Risks

June 2, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter New measurements of the energetic space radiation environment present in interplanetary space taken by NASA’s Curiosity rover confirm what has long been suspected – that lengthy years long voyages by astronauts to deep space destinations like Mars will expose the crews [...]

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Drill, Baby, Drill! – How Does Curiosity ‘Do It’

May 19, 2013

Video Caption: This JPL video shows the complicated choreography to get drill samples to Curiosity’s instruments as she prepares for 2nd drilling at “Cumberland.” See where “Cumberland” is located in our panoramic photo mosaic below. It’s time at last for “Drill, Baby, Drill!” – Martian Style. Ever wonder how Curiosity “Does It” Well, check out [...]

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Curiosity Reaches Out with Martian Handshake and Contemplates New Drilling at Habitable Site

May 11, 2013

NASA’s Curiosity rover has reached out in a Martian ‘handshake’ like gesture welcoming the end of solar conjunction that marks the resumption of contact with her handlers back on Earth – evidenced in a new photo mosaic of images captured as the robot and her human handlers contemplate a short traverse to a 2nd drilling [...]

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Send Your Name and a Haiku Poem to Mars on a Solar Winged MAVEN

May 7, 2013

Do you want to go to Mars? Well here’s your chance to get connected for a double barreled dose of Red Planet adventure courtesy of MAVEN – NASA’s next ‘Mission to Mars’ which is due to liftoff this November from the Florida Space Coast. For a limited time only, NASA is offering the general public [...]

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Mars Armada Resumes Contact with NASA – Ready to Rock ‘n Roll n’ Drill

May 2, 2013

After taking a well deserved and unavoidable break during April’s solar conjunction with Mars that blocked two way communication with Earth, NASA’s powerful Martian fleet of orbiters and rovers have reestablished contact and are alive and well and ready to Rock ‘n Roll ‘n Drill. “Both orbiters and both rovers are in good health after [...]

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