Pasadena, Calif. (UPI) Aug 22, 2012 - NASA gave the Mars Curiosity rover driving commands ahead of its first test-drive across the Martian surface Wednesday, the space agency's field center said.
Los Angeles (AFP) Aug 22, 2012 - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Wednesday made its first test drive, leaving wheel tracks near its landing spot - now dubbed Bradbury Landing in honor of late science fiction author Ray Bradbury.
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Aug 21, 2012 - A Russian neutron detector on board NASA's Mars rover Curiosity, designed to search for any water that might be bound into shallow underground minerals along the rover's path, was activated on Frida
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 21, 2012 - NASA has selected a new mission, set to launch in 2016, that will take the first look into the deep interior of Mars to see why the Red Planet evolved so differently from Earth as one of our solar s
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 21, 2012 - By now it's old news that NASA's new Mars rover Curiosity is resting safely on the surface of Red Planet after a daredevil landing that had the nation holding its breath. Now, mission scientists are
Paris, France (ESA) Aug 21, 2012 - Some 135 years after its discovery, Mars' largest moon Phobos is seen in fantastic detail - and in 3D - in an image taken by ESA's Mars Express spacecraft as it passed just 100 km by. This vie
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 21, 2012 - Today, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity fired its laser for the first time on Mars, using the beam from a science instrument to interrogate a fist-size rock called Coronation. The mission's Chemistry a
Washington (AFP) Aug 20, 2012 - Just 10 days after NASA's Curiosity rover sent back its first color photos of the Martian landscape, the US space agency said Monday it wants in 2016 to take a better look at what's happening beneath the Red Planet's surface.
Woodside CA (SPX) Aug 17, 2012 - Who knew that landing a rover on Mars could be so funny? But when NASA's Curiosity successfully touched down on Mars last week, the outpouring of jokes really took off. Ever since the Mars Sci
Moffert Field CA (SPX) Aug 17, 2012 - Solving the mystery of life on Mars requires robots to collect Martian samples for a return to Earth - a mission that may come with the astronomical price tag of $5 billion to $10 billion. That roun
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 17, 2012 - Opportunity is on the move again at the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater. On Sols 3036 and 3037 (Aug. 8 and 9, 2012), the rover completed a set of Alpha Particle X-ray Spe
Los Angeles (AFP) Aug 17, 2012 - The US space agency NASA's Mars rover Curiosity will make a wide detour to explore a cool geographical hot spot on Mars, scientists said Friday.
Aliso Viejo CA (SPX) Aug 17, 2012 - Microsemi, a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, has extended its congratulations to NASA and the Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) for
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 15, 2012 - The first color image taken from orbit showing NASA's rover Curiosity on Mars includes details of the layered bedrock on the floor of Gale Crater that the rover is beginning to investigate. Operator
New Delhi (AFP) Aug 15, 2012 - India plans to launch a space probe that will orbit Mars, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh confirmed on Wednesday after press reports that the mission was scheduled to begin late next year.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 13, 2012 - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity will spend its first weekend on Mars transitioning to software better suited for tasks ahead, such as driving and using its strong robotic arm. The rover's brain transpl
