Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

Rough Red Planet Rocks Rip Rover Curiosity Wheels

Photomosaic shows new holes and tears in several of rover Curiosity’s six wheels caused by recent driving over sharp edged…

10 years ago

Jupiter Bound Juno snaps Dazzling Gallery of Planet Earth Portraits

Juno Portrait of Earth This false color composite shows more than half of Earth’s disk over the coast of Argentina…

11 years ago

Space Art Show Comes Out To Play In L.A., With NASA’s ‘Mohawk Guy’ As Special Guest

Space fans in Los Angeles -- and we know, given Mars Curiosity is controlled at the nearby NASA Jet Propulsion…

11 years ago

Night Sky Observing for May Brings Spring Constellations

Here's the latest update on what's up in the night sky from Jane Houston Jones at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.…

11 years ago

Historic First Use of Drill on Mars Set for Jan. 31 – Curiosity’s Sol 174

Image caption: Curiosity will conduct Historic 1st drilling into Martian rock at this spot where the robotic arm is pressing…

11 years ago

Curiosity Beams 1st Color Image from Mars

Image caption: This murky view from Curiosity shows the martian landscape looking north to the rim from inside the Gale…

12 years ago

Curiosity’s Dramatic MARDI Descent Movie

Image Caption: Curiosity Heat shield falls away from the bottom of Curiosity and the Sky Crane descent stage in this…

12 years ago

Sifting Starlight, Finding New Worlds

Looking directly at stars is a bad way to find planets orbiting faraway suns but using a new technique, scientists…

12 years ago