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NASA Curiosity Rover Begins Eastbound Trek on Martian Surface
August 29, 2012 NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has set off from its landing vicinity on a trek to a science destination about a quarter mile (400 meters) away, where it may begin using its ... > full story -
Rover Leaves Tracks in Morse Code
August 29, 2012 NASA's Curiosity rover took its first test stroll Wednesday Aug. 22, 2012, and beamed back pictures of its accomplishment in the form of track marks in the Martian soil. Careful inspection of the ... > full story -
Curiosity Rover Plays First Song Transmitted from Another Planet
August 28, 2012 For the first time in history, a recorded song has been beamed back to Earth from another planet. Students, special guests and news media gathered at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, ... > full story -
NASA Rover Returns Voice and Telephoto Views from Mars
August 27, 2012 NASA's Mars Curiosity has debuted the first recorded human voice that traveled from Earth to another planet and back. The voice playback was released along with new telephoto camera views of the ... > full story -
Mars Surface Data: ChemCam Laser First Analyses Yield Beautiful Results
August 24, 2012 Scientists squeezed in a little extra target practice after zapping the first fist-sized rock that was placed in the laser's crosshairs last weekend. Much to the delight of the scientific team, the ... > full story -
Mars Rover Curiosity Begins Driving at Bradbury Landing
August 22, 2012 NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has begun driving from its landing site, which scientists announced Aug. 22 they have named for the late author Ray Bradbury. Making its first movement on the Martian ... > full story -
NASA's Curiosity Studies Mars Surroundings, Nears Drive
August 21, 2012 NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has been investigating the Martian weather around it and the soil beneath it, as its controllers prepare for the car-size vehicle's first drive on ... > full story -
New NASA Mission to Take First Look Deep Inside Mars
August 20, 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 ... > full storyMore: -
Curiosity Stretches Its Arm
August 20, 2012 NASA's Mars rover Curiosity flexed its robotic arm Aug. 20, 2012 for the first time since before launch in November 2011. The 7-foot-long (2.1-meter-long) arm maneuvers a turret of tools including a ... > full story -
Rover's Laser Instrument Zaps First Martian Rock
August 19, 2012 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 and ... > full story
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