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Mars Explorers Brace For Curiosity Rover's 'Seven Minutes Of Terror'
In the silence of space on the approach to Mars a US probe is warming up for an unprecedented act of theatre. Heaters aboard the hurtling spacecraft have begun to glow, thawing thrusters and...
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We Could Put A Man On Mars If We Wanted, Says NASA Scientist
Mankind could only be a decade away from walking on Mars, a Nasa scientist has said, as the US space agency makes its final preparations to land a one-tonne exploratory rover – the largest yet – on...
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The Most Difficult Part Of Landing A Car-Size Rover On Mars
At 10:31 p.m. PDT on Aug. 5, after nearly nine months of travel, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission (with a rover named Curiosity) will arrive at the Red Planet. The $2.5 billion rover will begin...
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What Would Happen If The Olympics Were Held On Mars?
The new Mars rover Curiosity will land on the Red Planet in three days. Since this historic event takes place in the midst of the Summer Olympic games, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson decided to...
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NASA's Unlikely 'Good-Luck' Charm Comes In A Jar
When the Mars rover Curiosity lands Sunday evening, Aug. 5, all the action on Earth will be centered in mission control at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.  We expect tensions to...
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NASA: Our Mars Rover Is About To Experience '7 Minutes Of Terror'
A nine month journey from Earth to Mars will end in what NASA describes as "seven minutes of terror." Launched on November 26, 2011 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, the Mars rover Curiosity will enter...
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The New Mars Rover Would Be Crippled Without These Instruments
At 1:31 a.m. EDT on Aug. 6, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission will place a 2,000-pound robot, named Curiosity, on the surface of Mars. The car-size rover will spend 687 Earth days (one Martian...
View ArticleCuriosity Rover Lands Safely On Mars!
After nearly nine months, NASA's one-ton rover, Curiosity, is just a few hours away from landing on Mars. Here's what you need to know to be a part of this historic event. Curiosity rover is slated to...
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This Is The Size Of The First Image Expected From Mars Rover Curiosity
 When NASA's car-size rover Curiosity touches down on Mars at 1:31 a.m. EDT on Aug. 6 (assuming the dramatic landing goes well), the first picture beamed back will be the size of this black-and-white...
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The Very First Pictures Of Curiosity On Mars
After a tricky landing sequence, the folks at NASA succeeded in pulling off the most ambitious Mars mission yet. The Mars rover Curiosity safely landed on the Red Planet's surface early Monday morning...
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Meet Bobak Ferdowsi, The Flight Director With The Mohawk That Became The Star...
Bobak Ferdowsi, the activity lead and flight director on the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity mission, became quite the star of the mission early this morning. Ferdowsi had less than 200 followers...
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Obama Is Using The Curiosity Landing To Push Government Spending
President Barack Obama congratulated NASA on its successful mission to send a robotic rover to Mars tonight, calling the landing of the Curiosity an "unprecedented feat of technology."Â Here's what he...
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Awesome Higher-Resolution Image From The Curiosity Rover
Here's the first higher-resolution image taken by NASA's Curiosity Rover inside Gale Crater. It was beamed back to Earth about two hours after landing and is twice as big in pixel size as the images...
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NASA Caught Curiosity In The Act Of Landing In This Image
WOW. NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter was able to catch Curiosity in the act of landing. In this image, taken from about 340 kilometers away, catches Curiosity while she was being parachuted down to...
View ArticleNASA's Reaction To Landing The Mars Rover Involved Lots Of Tears
When NASA successfully landed Curiosity on Mars, mission control -- understandably -- reacted with a raucous celebration complete with hugs, handshakes, high fives, and tears of joy. Just as the...
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Curiosity's View Of Mt. Sharp And A Bird's Eye Video Of Her Descent
NASA's latest images from the Curiosity rover (she's been on Mars for about 18 hours now) show its great, face-on view of Mars's Mount Sharp. The mountain is about 4 miles away, and is 3 miles high....
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The First Color Image Of Mars From Curiosity
NASA's Curiosity rover has been on Mars for a little over a day now and it's already beaming back a bunch of incredible images. The first color image, shown below, was taken on the afternoon of the...
View ArticleRelive The Excitement And Exhilaration Of Curiosity's Landing With This Video
See it again, or experience it for the first time with this emotional video. From NASAtelevision: Get a behind the scenes look a the tension, anticipation and exhilaration experienced by scientists...
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Amazing New Images Of Gale Crater From Curiosity's Navigation Cameras
The first pictures from Curiosity's Navigation cameras, or Navcams, have been returned after the rover's mast (Curiosity's "head") was successfully deployed. The hills in the distance form the rim of...
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The Funniest Memes From The Curiosity Rover Landing
It's been an awesome few days. But now, after the joy and jubilation of having successfully landed the Curiosity Rover on the surface of Mars starts to fade, the internet has creeped into the fun...
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