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NASA Lands Car-Size Rover Beside Martian Mountain
Aug 06, 2012 (JPL)
NASA's most advanced Mars rover Curiosity has landed on the Red Planet. The one-ton rover, hanging by ropes from a rocket backpack, touched down onto Mars Sunda...
Mars Tugging on Approaching NASA Rover Curiosity
Aug 06, 2012 (JPL)
The gravitational tug of Mars is now pulling NASA's car-size geochemistry laboratory, Curiosity, in for a suspenseful landing in less than 40 hours. "After flyi...
NASA lands rover on Mars to seek signs of life
Aug 06, 2012 (AFP)
NASA opened a new chapter in the history of interplanetary exploration on Monday when its $2.5 billion nuclear-powered robot Curiosity beamed back pictures from...
Mars Express marks the spot for Curiosity landing
Aug 06, 2012 (ESA)
Much like a treasure map branded with an 'X' to mark the site of buried bounty, NASA's rover Curiosity will be targeting its very own 'X' inside Gale Crater, to...
'Enormous step forward' as NASA lands rover on Mars
Aug 06, 2012 (AFP)
NASA has successfully landed its $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory and Curiosity rover on the surface of the Red Planet, breaking new ground in US-led explor...
Curiosity Rover Just Hours from Mars Landing
Aug 06, 2012 (JPL)
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft is healthy and right on course for a landing in several hours that will be one of the most difficult feats of robotic ...
NASA's Mars rover sends back stunning pictures
Aug 06, 2012 (AFP)
After its first day on Mars, NASA's rover Monday sent back to Earth stunning images of its crater landing site and the mountain it aims to climb in the hunt for...
Mars Science Lab Curiosity Lands On Mars - First Photos Soon
Aug 06, 2012 (AFP)
NASA's JPL has safely landed the Mars Science Lab - dubbed Curiosity - at Gale Crater, which lies near a mountain that scientists hope the rover will be able to...
Mars Science Lab Curiosity Lands On Mars - First Photos Soon
Aug 06, 2012 (AFP)
NASA's JPL has safely landed the Mars Science Lab - dubbed Curiosity - at Gale Crater, which lies near a mountain that scientists hope the rover will be able to...
Next on Mars: 400 scientists on an alien road trip
Aug 06, 2012 (AFP)
Imagine taking 400 scientists on an alien road trip where each one wants to examine every interesting rock along the way. Welcome to the next two years of NASA'...
Joy after seven minutes of terror at NASA lab
Aug 06, 2012 (AFP)
After years of hard work and seven minutes of terror, workers of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory here let out their tears of joy. "Touchdown confirmed," said a...
Taking a Robotic Geologist to Mars
Aug 06, 2012 (SPX)
On Aug. 5, at about 10:30 p.m., an already busy summer will kick into overdrive for University of Arizona geosciences professor Bob Downs and one of his graduat...
Are we alone? NASA's Mars rover aims to find out
Aug 05, 2012 (AFP)
Are we alone? Or was there life on another planet? NASA's $2.5 billion dream machine, the Mars Science Laboratory, aims to take the first steps toward finding o...
India clears mission to Mars
Aug 04, 2012 (AFP)
India's government has cleared plans to put an orbital probe around Mars next year to study the red planet's climate and geology, a report said Saturday. The mi...
Mars weather forecast 'good' for NASA landing
Aug 04, 2012 (AFP)
The weather conditions on Mars are expected to be favorable when NASA's $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory attempts its risky landing on August 6, the US spac...
MSL Remains on Track for Weekend Landing
Aug 03, 2012 (SPX)
Curiosity remains in good health, with no significant issues currently in work. There are no real-time activities planned. The Mars Science Laboratory spacecraf...
Australia is all ears for Mars landing
Aug 03, 2012 (SPX)
Dishes in Australia will be the ones following NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission when it lands on Monday (6 August) after a nail-biting series of manoeuvre...
Newest NASA Mars Mission Connects Past and Future
Aug 03, 2012 (SPX)
NASA's newest Mars mission, landing in three days, will draw on support from missions sent to Mars years ago and will contribute to missions envisioned for futu...
UC Davis scientist prepares for Mars rover landing
Aug 03, 2012 (SPX)
As the Mars rover Curiosity prepares for landing on Aug. 5 after its nine-month, 352-million mile journey through space, UC Davis geology professor Dawn Sumner ...
Curiosity's Search for Organics
Aug 03, 2012 (SPX)
The last time an astrobiology mission landed on Mars, the nation was celebrating the Bicentennial and Gerald Ford was president. The two Viking landers went wit...
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