Mars Science Laboratory

Since it landed, the Mars Science Laboratory mission has offered a series of premieres for space exploration like the first-ever panorama of ...

Curiosity day – Curiosity’s size compared to other rovers

by Mihai Andrei

August 7, 2012

Curiosity has landed. The Mars Science Laboratory is set to go, and today, we'll be writing tons of posts about ...

A short guide to NASA’s Curiosity equipment and lingo

by Mihai Andrei

August 3, 2012

With the Mars rover Curiosity due to land this weekend, it can be a real drag following NASA's everyday lingo, ...

Drought on Mars for the past 600 million years: life impossible on surface

by Tibi Puiu

October 27, 2017

For the past three years, scientists have been analyzing data fed back by the 2008 NASA Phoenix mission to Mars, which ...

NASA's Mars Science Laboratory as seen during a final testing at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Curiosity is now deep in space on route to Mars. (c) NASA

NASA’s Curiosity Rover might contaminate Martian samples

by Tibi Puiu

December 5, 2011

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More pics from Curiosity and a status update