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NASA’s Curiosity Rover is On Its Way Back to Drilling on Mars
In December 2016, a critical part of Curiosity’s drill stopped working. Two stabilizers flanking the drill bit steady…
Wind-Swept Sands on Mars Give a Splash of Darkness Across the Red Landscape
Mars isn’t just red. Some parts are much darker. NASA highlights one of these areas in an image…
Curiosity Rover Finds Purple Splashes on Red Planet
The fourth rock from the Sun is often nicknamed the Red Planet, but Mars isn’t just red. One…
Curiosity Rover Spots More Clues for Past Mars Habitability
“We are well into the layers that were the main reason Gale Crater was chosen as the landing…
Always Forward. NASA’s Curiosity Rover Continues Up Mount Sharp
Sorry, been binging Luke Cage on Netflix. The hardy Martian rover continues to push forward. At least, for…
Curiosity’s Spectacular Views Into Mars’ Geologic Past
On September 8th, the rover Curiosity was busy snapping stunning images on its 1,454th Martian day, or sol,…
Mars’ Curiosity Rover Tech Support Stretches 60 Million Miles
Geek Squad has nothing on NASA. After shutting itself down on July 2, the Curiosity rover is back…
360 Degrees of Mars’ Namib Dune
The folks at NASA were nice enough to stitch a bunch of images from Curiosity at Namib Dune…
NASA’s Curiosity is Wheel Deep in Sand
NASA’s Curiosity rover is getting its wheels dirty. The latest image beamed back from the red planet shows…
What NASA’s Curiosity Rover Found When It Reached a Martian Sand Dune
The Curiosity rover snapped this highly detailed image (above) on November 27th. We are looking at a sand…
Mars Rover Curiosity to Explore Why Sand Dunes on Mars are Different
NASA’s Curiosity rover is making a pit stop as it continues heading up the slopes of Mount Sharp.…
Curiosity Rover Bypasses Slippery Slope
“Mars can be very deceptive,” said Chris Roumeliotis, Curiosity’s lead rover driver at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Earlier…