Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 07, 2012 - 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. CDT, NASA MEDLI researchers were alread
Washington (AFP) Aug 7, 2012 - 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, heat shield and vehicle came down.
Tucson, AZ (SPX) Aug 06, 2012 - 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 graduate students, Shaunna Morrison. At
Washington (AFP) Aug 6, 2012 - 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's landmark robotic mission on Mars.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 06, 2012 - 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 exploration ever attempted. Emot
Knoxville TN (SPX) Aug 06, 2012 - NASA's Curiosity rover is scheduled to land on Mars Sunday. Then, the work will begin for two University of Tennessee, Knoxville, professors searching for potentially habitable environments on the r
Pasadena, California (AFP) Aug 6, 2012 - 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 signs of life.
Pasadena, California (AFP) Aug 6, 2012 - After years of hard work and seven minutes of terror, workers of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory here let out their tears of joy.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 06, 2012 - 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 touch down on the Red Planet the even
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 06, 2012 - 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 Opportunity prepares for the arrival of Curios
Los Angeles CA (AFP) Aug 06, 2012 - 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 climb in the search for sediment laye
Los Angeles CA (AFP) Aug 06, 2012 - 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 climb in the search for sediment laye
Los Angeles CA (AFP) Aug 06, 2012 - 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 climb in the search for sediment laye
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 06, 2012 - 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 flying more than eight months and 35
Washington (AFP) Aug 6, 2012 - 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, calling it an unprecedented feat of technology.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 06, 2012 - 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 Sunday to end a 36-week flight and begin a
