Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 01, 2012 - NASA's Mars rover Opportunity, well into its ninth year on Mars, will work for the next several weeks or months at a site with some of the mission's most intriguing geological features. The si
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 28, 2012 - On Sol 50 (Sept. 26), Curiosity completed its longest drive yet, rolling about 160 feet (48.9 meters) eastward toward the Glenelg area. The mission's total distance driven has now reached one-quarte
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 28, 2012 - NASA's Curiosity rover mission has found evidence a stream once ran vigorously across the area on Mars where the rover is driving. There is earlier evidence for the presence of water on Mars, but th
Honolulu, HI (SPX) Sep 27, 2012 - Curiosity, the NASA rover that landed on Mars last month, is sending us remarkable weather observations from the Martian surface that are attracting interest from scientists. From a weather point o
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 27, 2012 - NASA's rover Curiosity touched a Martian rock with its robotic arm for the first time on Sept. 22, assessing what chemical elements are in the rock called Jake Matijevic. After a short drive
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 27, 2012 - Life thrives on Planet Earth. In even the most inhospitable places - the freezing Antarctic permafrost, Sun-baked salt pans in Tunisia or the corrosively acidic Rio Tinto in Spain - pockets of life
Paris (ESA) Sep 27, 2012 - Despite more than a century of observations, the orbit of the Martian moon Deimos is still not known to a high degree of accuracy, but a new study using images taken by ESA's Mars Express orbiter ha
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Sep 26, 2012 - A team of researchers at Universidad Carlos III in Madrid (UC3M) has developed a device that works as a windshield wiper to eliminate Mars dust from the sensors on the NASA spacecrafts that travel t
Huntsvile AL (SPX) Sep 25, 2012 - Adam Steltzner doesn't sound much like an ordinary engineer. For instance, when we asked him if he would talk about Curiosity-and explain why the Mars rover matters to ordinary people--the for
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 25, 2012 - Opportunity is continuing the in-situ (contact) science campaign at a putative location of clay minerals at the inboard edge of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is positione
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 25, 2012 - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has driven up to a football-size rock that will be the first for the rover's arm to examine. Curiosity is about 8 feet (2.5 meters) from the rock. It lies about halfway f
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 24, 2012 - This view of the American flag medallion on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity was taken by the rover's Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) during the 44th Martian day, or sol, of Curiosity's work on Mars (Sept.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 21, 2012 - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has driven up to a football-size rock that will be the first for the rover's arm to examine. Curiosity is about 8 feet (2.5 meters) from the rock. It lies about hal
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 20, 2012 - This mosaic from the Mast Camera on NASA's Curiosity rover shows a close-up view looking toward the Glenelg area, where three different terrain types come together. All three types are observed fr
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 20, 2012 - The drive by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity during the mission's 43rd Martian day, or sol, (Sept. 19, 2012) ended with this rock about 8 feet (2.5 meters) in front of the rover. The rock is about
Boston MA (SPX) Sep 20, 2012 - The car-sized Mars rover Curiosity, which landed on the Red Planet last month, is the biggest, most expensive and most ambitious planetary mission in many years. But it is just one of a sweepi
