Mars Rover Curiosity

Mars rovers get an April 'staycation' thanks to the sun

Associated Press | Monday April 15, 2013

Such communication blackouts occur every two years when the red planet disappears behind the Sun.

NASA rover Curiosity finds material believed to be building blocks of life on Mars: scientists

Press Trust of India | Tuesday April 2, 2013

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has gathered evidence for the presence of perchlorates - salts believed to be building blocks for early life - on the Red Planet.

Mars rover Curiosity stands down after new problem

Associated Press | Tuesday March 19, 2013

The Mars rover Curiosity is sidelined again, further delaying the restart of science experiments, after recovering from a computer problem.

NASA rover finds conditions once suited to life on Mars

Agence France-Presse | Wednesday March 13, 2013

The rock sample was drilled from a sedimentary bedrock sample and found to contain clay minerals, sulfate minerals and other chemicals.

Mars could have supported life, NASA says

Kenneth Chang, The New York Times | Wednesday March 13, 2013

Several billion years ago, Mars may well have been a pleasant place for tiny microbes to live, with plenty of water as well as minerals that could have served as food, NASA scientists said on Tuesday at a news conference on the latest findings from t...

NASA rover finds conditions once suited to life on Mars

Agence France-Presse | Tuesday March 12, 2013

An analysis of a Mars rock sample by the Curiosity rover has unveiled minerals, including hydrogen, carbon and oxygen, that are the building blocks of life, NASA said Tuesday.

NASA to reveal contents of drilled Martian rock

Associated Press | Tuesday March 12, 2013

By analyzing the rock's interior, researchers hope to determine whether the landing spot was habitable.

Curiosity sleeps as solar blast races toward Mars

Associated Press | Thursday March 7, 2013

Curiosity hunkered down on Wednesday after the sun unleashed a blast that raced toward Mars. While the hardy rover was designed to withstand punishing space weather, its handlers decided to power it down as a precaution since it suffered a recent com...

NASA Mars rover Curiosity in 'safe mode', exploration halted

Associated Press | Monday March 4, 2013

NASA says the car-size rover is in "safe mode." In this state, Curiosity suspends science activities but is still in contact with Earth.

NASA's Mars rover 'put to sleep' after computer glitch

Press Trust of India | Sunday March 3, 2013

A computer glitch on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has forced the scientists to put the robot on 'safe mode' while engineers try to fix the problem.

NASA Mars rover ready to eat, analyze rock powder

Reuters | Monday April 15, 2013

The rover used its powerful drill, the first instrument of its type to be sent to Mars, to bore inside a flat, veined piece of bedrock.

NASA Mars rover ready to eat, analyse rock powder

Reuters | Thursday February 21, 2013

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity, dispatched to learn if the planet ever had ingredients for life, drilled its first bit of powder from inside a potentially water-formed ancient rock, scientists said on Wednesday.

NASA's Curiosity rover gets first Mars rock samples

Indo-Asian News Service | Sunday February 10, 2013

The rock is believed to hold evidence about long-gone wet environments.

NASA's robotic rover Curiosity drills into Martian rock

Reuters | Sunday February 10, 2013

For the first time, NASA's rover Curiosity used its on-board drill to collect a sample of Martian bedrock that might offer evidence of a long-gone wet environment, the U.S. space agency reported on Saturday.

NASA aims to launch Mars rover twin in 2020

Reuters | Wednesday December 5, 2012

NASA plans to follow up its Mars rover Curiosity mission with a duplicate rover that could collect and store samples for return to Earth.