Mars Science Laboratory

Curiosity Buttoned Up for Martian Voyage in Search of Life’s Ingredients

[/caption] Take a good last, long look at the magnificent robot that is Curiosity, because she’s been all buttoned up…

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

13 years ago

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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