MARS

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Obama to NASA experts: 'Let me know if you find Martians'
Aug 13, 2012 (AFP)
US President Barack Obama on Monday ribbed scientists behind NASA's roving robot Curiosity, instructing them to let him know right away if they found life on Ma...
Mars rover captures crash landing
Aug 10, 2012 (AFP)
NASA said Friday that a mysterious spot shown on a photograph sent back to Earth by the Mars rover Curiosity was the crash landing of its rocket stage. Scientis...
Engineering Team Develops Chip for Mars Rover
Aug 09, 2012 (SPX)
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Rover Curiosity would have a hard time completing its mission if it were not for a successful partnership between the Jet Propuls...
Orbiter Images NASA's Latest Additions To Martian Landscape
Aug 09, 2012 (JPL)
Late Monday night, an image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured the Curiosity...
First 360-Degree Panorama From Nasa'S Curiosity Mars Rover
Aug 09, 2012 (JPL)
Remarkable image sets from NASA's Curiosity rover and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter are continuing to develop the story of Curiosity's landing and first days on M...
Curiosity ready to rove Mars
Aug 08, 2012 (SPX)
Almost nine months after it was launched, Curiosity, NASA's latest rover, landed safely in the Gale Crater of Mars in the wee hours of August 6 CDT. The last se...
A New Martian Landscape Comes Alive With Curiosity
Aug 08, 2012 (JPL)
This picture of the Martian landing site of NASA's Curiosity rover puts a color view obtained by the rover in the context of a computer simulation derived from ...
Mars Science Lab Presents Mount Sharp
Aug 08, 2012 (JPL)
This image taken by NASA's Curiosity shows what lies ahead for the rover - its main science target, Mount Sharp. The rover's shadow can be seen in the foregroun...
Curiosity's second day on Mars 'flawless': NASA
Aug 08, 2012 (AFP)
NASA rover Curiosity's second day on Mars went "flawlessly," NASA said Wednesday, confirming the antennas, communication links and generator on the $2.5 billion...
NASA shows first 'crime scene' photo of Mars landing
Aug 07, 2012 (AFP)
About 36 hours after NASA landed its $2.5 billion rover on Mars, it released Tuesday what it jokingly dubbed a "crime scene" aerial shot of where the parachute,...
Curiosity Safely on Mars! Health Checks Begin
Aug 07, 2012 (JPL)
With Curiosity now safely on the surface of the Red Planet after last night's spectacular entry, descent and landing in Gale Crater, NASA's Mars Science Laborat...
Mission Success for MSL Entry, Descent, and Landing Instrument (MEDLI)
Aug 07, 2012 (SPX)
Mission success for the MSL Entry, Descent, and Landing Instrument (MEDLI) Suite. When the Curiosity rover touched down on the red planet Aug. 6 at 12:32 p.m. C...
New Mars Rover Beams Back Images Showing its Descent
Aug 07, 2012 (JPL)
A few hours after NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars, a select group of images taken by the onboard Mars Descent Imager, or MARDI, were beamed back to Earth....
ESA spacecraft records crucial NASA signals from Mars
Aug 07, 2012 (ESA)
This morning at 7:14 CEST, ESA's Mars Express acquired signals from NASA's Mars Science Laboratory as it delivered the car-sized Curiosity rover onto the Red pl...
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...
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...
Opportunity Prepares for Curiosity's Arrival
Aug 06, 2012 (JPL)
Opportunity has been roving at the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater. However, activity will be constrained for the period ahead as Opportun...
Mars landing 'unprecedented feat of technology': Obama
Aug 06, 2012 (AFP)
US President Barack Obama hailed early Monday the successful landing of the Mars Science Laboratory and Curiosity rover on the surface of the Red Planet, callin...
Mars Science Lab Curiosity Lands On Mars: First Photos
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...
What to Expect When Curiosity Starts Snapping Pictures
Aug 06, 2012 (JPL)
If a group of tourists piled out of a transport vehicle onto the surface of Mars, they'd no doubt start snapping pictures wildly. NASA's Curiosity rover, set to...
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