Mars Science Laboratory

Daring Russian Sample Return mission to Martian Moon Phobos aims for November Liftoff

[/caption] In just over 3 weeks' time, Russia plans to launch a bold mission to Mars whose objective, if successful…

10 years ago

Assembling Curiosity’s Rocket to Mars

[/caption] Assembly of the powerful Atlas V booster that will rocket NASA’s Curiosity Mars Science Laboratory rover to Mars is…

10 years ago

JPL’s ‘Muscle Car’ – MSL – Takes Center Stage

[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA is experiencing what could be dubbed a “summer of planetary exploration.” With the Juno…

10 years ago

Mars Science Lab Rover Will Land in Gale Crater

[/caption] It's official: the Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity, will be landing Gale Crater on Mars. Scientists announced the final…

10 years ago

Landing Site for Next Mars Rover Narrowed to Two

[/caption] Although a rumor came out about a week and a half ago that Gale Crater was the scientists’ preferred…

10 years ago

Gale Crater Reported Front-Runner for MSL Landing Site

A 150-kilometer-wide hollow on Mars named Gale Crater has emerged as the front-runner for the potential landing site for the…

10 years ago

Packing a Mars Rover for the Trip to Florida

Check out this way cool time-lapse movie of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover as its being packed up for her trip…

10 years ago

Test Roving NASA’s Curiosity on Earth

[/caption] Just over a year from now, NASA’s Curiosity rover should be driving across fascinating new landscapes on the surface…

10 years ago

Mars Science Lab Backshell Damaged (Updated)

[/caption] UPDATE: According to JPL's Scott Maxwell on Twitter, the aeroshell was not damaged during the improper lifting, which is…

10 years ago

More Evidence of Liquid Erosion on Mars?

  [/caption] Terby Crater, a 170-km-wide (100-mile-wide) crater located on the northern edge of the vast Hellas Planitia basin in…

11 years ago