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Curiosity Drills 2nd Hole into Ancient Mars Rocks Searching for the Ingredients of Life

May 21, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter NASA’s Curiosity rover has just successfully bored inside ancient rocks on Mars for only the 2nd time since her nail biting landing in August 2012 inside Gale Crater as she searches for the ingredients of life. On Sunday, May 20, the [...]

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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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Opportunity Mars Rover Blazes Past 40 Year Old Space Driving Record

May 18, 2013

Now more than 9 years and counting into her planned mere 90 day mission to Mars, NASA’s legendary Opportunity rover has smashed past another space milestone and established a new distance driving record for an American vehicle on another world this week. On Thursday, May 16, the long-lived Opportunity drove another 263 feet (80 meters) [...]

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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 Demonstrates New Capability to Scan 360 Degrees for Life Giving Water – and is Widespread

March 18, 2013

The science team guiding NASA’s Curiosity Mars Science Lab (MSL) rover have demonstrated a new capability that significantly enhances the robots capability to scan her surroundings for signs of life giving water – from a distance. And the rover appears to have found that evidence for water at the Gale Crater landing site is also [...]

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