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

May 19, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter 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, [...]

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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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Curiosity is Back! Snapping Fresh Martian Vistas

March 24, 2013

Curiosity is back! After a multi-week hiatus forced by a computer memory glitch, NASA’s mega rover is back to full operation. And the proof is crystal clear in the beautiful new panoramic view (above) snapped by Curiosity this weekend from Yellowknife Bay, showing the robot’s arm and drill elevated and aiming straight at you – [...]

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Curiosity Once Again in Safe Mode – If Only Briefly

March 19, 2013

Not even two and a half weeks after a memory glitch that sent NASA’s Curiosity rover into a safe mode on Feb. 27, the robotic Mars explorer once again went into standby status as the result of a software discrepancy — although mission engineers diagnosed the new problem quickly and anticipate having the rover out [...]

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What Mount Sharp Would Look Like on Earth

March 15, 2013

Ahh — there’s nothing like a beautiful sunny day in Gale crater! The rusty sand crunching beneath your wheels, a gentle breeze blowing at a balmy 6º C (43º F), Mount Sharp rising in the distance into a clear blue sky… wait, did I just say blue sky? I sure did. But no worries — [...]

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