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The Curiosity Rover has been on Mars for two whole months now. Since then, it's been testing the equipment and has started moving towards its first big target inside the Gale Crater. In fact, it's now very close to it, Curiosity only has less than 200m to go before reaching its destination.
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6 October 2012
07:51 GMT |
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When the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity took off in late 2011, and flew towards the Red Planet, it carried with it the signature of US President Barack Obama, inscribed on a plaque affixed to the robot's deck. The presidential signature is accompanied by others, from several officials.
The high-r... |
3 October 2012
11:12 GMT |
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About three days ago, the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity performed its first contact analysis of a rock on the surface of the Red Planet. The science target, called Jake Matijevic, was probed by instruments on the robotic arm on September 22.
The rock Jake Matijevic is named after MSL's late oper... |
25 September 2012
05:27 GMT |
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Scientists at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in Pasadena, California, recently released this highly detailed image of Curiosity's left wheels. The photo was collected using the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) instrument on the rover's robotic arm.
NASA experts say that the image was snapped on September... |
11 September 2012
02:35 GMT |
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NASA is not about to let its newest rover out of its sight. Using the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) instrument aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, scientists at the agency have recently imaged the tracks the $2.5 billion robot left behind after its first drives.
The Mars Science Laboratory... |
7 September 2012
09:59 GMT |
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Experts at the NASA Jet Propulsion laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, who manage the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission, say that the rover Curiosity completed its longest drive to date on the surface of the Red Planet.
The robot moved more than 30.5 meters (100 feet) through Martian dust on September 4, ... |
6 September 2012
03:00 GMT |
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Charles Bolden will go down in history as the first man to have his voice sent to another planet, and then returned to Earth by a NASA spacecraft. The NASA Administrator recorded a voice message that was sent to the rover Curiosity, and then relayed back to Earth via the Deep Space Network (DSN).
In his message, the... |
28 August 2012
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A panel of experts comprised of scientists in charge of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity announced yesterday, August 22, that the robot successfully completed its first drive on the surface of the Red Planet.
The maneuver was primarily meant to test the actuators on all wheels, and to see whether t... |
23 August 2012
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Today, August 22, the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity is scheduled to take its first drive on the surface of the Red Planet. This will be the first time the 1-ton robot moves its wheels since touching down on Mars, on August 5/6.
Two days ago, on August 20, mission managers at the NASA Jet Propulsion L... |
22 August 2012
10:05 GMT |
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Curiosity managed to move its wheels for the first time since landing on the surface of the Red Planet, more than two weeks ago. The maneuver was carried out yesterday, August 21, and its ultimate goal is to see whether or not all of the robot's wheels can spin and turn properly.
At the same time, the Mars Sci... |
22 August 2012
03:48 GMT |
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The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity stretched its robotic arm for the first time yesterday, August 20, in more than 8 months. The last time the instrument carried out any action was before the robot's November 2011 launch. Scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California,... |
21 August 2012
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Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission controllers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, are currently preparing to take the rover Curiosity out for its first drive. The amazing robot will spin its wheels for the first time tomorrow, or the day after.
Experts want to check the health status of th... |
20 August 2012
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On Sunday, August 19, the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity used its mast-mounted science laser for the first time. Mission controllers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, say that the test occurred flawlessly.
The target was a small rock called Coronation, which lies ne... |
20 August 2012
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During a teleconference held on August 17, experts in charge of the NASA Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity announced the robot's first target for exploration, as well as when the advanced machine would use its primary laser for the first time.
California Institute of Technology (Caltech) expert and... |
18 August 2012
04:46 GMT |
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NASA has just released a color-enhanced image of Gale Crater, showing the location where the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity landed on August 5/6. The bluish marks to the left of the image are the marks left on the crater floor by the rocket thrusters on the MSL descent stage.
Thanks to the color modi... |
16 August 2012
03:23 GMT |
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Today, at precisely 5.32 a.m. GMT (August 5th, 10.32 p.m. PDT) NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) spacecraft successfully landed the Curiosity rover on Mars.
This was the most advanced Mars landing that the humankind has ever attempted, and has proved a success so far.
After a journey of around 350 million... |
6 August 2012
07:50 GMT |
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There's nothing to joke about the hard work and money that went into making Curiosity's landing on Mars a possibility, but you know how the Internet works. NASA's rover is officially the latest viral sensation.
Below is the video of the reaction of the technicians at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory... |
6 August 2012
04:32 GMT |
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At about 5.31 a.m. GMT on August 6th (10:31 p.m. PDT August 5th), NASA’s Curiosity rover successfully touched the surface of Mars. A nuclear-powered Mars rover, Curiosity is part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission. It was launched from Earth on 26 November 2011. The rover has landed on Aeo... |
6 August 2012
02:31 GMT |
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As the NASA Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission is moving ever closer to its destination, experts at space agencies around the world are getting ready to support Curiosity's deployment. Such is the case with the European Space Agency as well, which will use the Mars Express orbiter for the job.
The spacecraf... |
4 August 2012
06:44 GMT |
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According to the 2010 US National Space Policy, NASA has to put astronauts on Mars by the early 2030s. There are significant challenges associated with doing so, one of which is safeguarding humans against the effects of space radiations. The MSL mission is currently providing invaluable assistance.
The spacecraft, ... |
3 August 2012
10:35 GMT |
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The main tracking station that will cover the landing activities of the NASA Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission is the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC), in Australia, experts announce. The facility will be up in arms on August 5/6.
Curiosity will have the most complex entry, descent and landing s... |
2 August 2012
11:36 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency announce that the landing of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity on the surface of Mars will be broadcast on the Toshiba Vision screen, in Times Square, New York City.
This will be the largest broadcast location for this event on the entire East Coast. Representat... |
1 August 2012
03:50 GMT |
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Wil Wheaton, best known to audiences from the series Star Trek: The Next Generation, and William Shatner, of the Captain James T. Kirk fame, narrate two new videos released to the public by NASA.
Both “Grand Entrance” clips center on the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity, a mission managed f... |
31 July 2012
06:04 GMT |
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With less than 9 days to go until the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity lands on the Red Planet, scientists at the American space agency are scrambling to check and double-check the systems that will enable them to monitor the $2.5 billion mission.MSL has been en route to Mars for more than eight months, ... |
28 July 2012
07:41 GMT |
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Officials with the European Space Agency (ESA) announce that their Mars Express orbiter will support NASA in its effort to land the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity on the surface of the Red Planet. This is scheduled to occur on the morning of August 6 (GMT).
Throughout the atmospheric entry process, th... |
25 July 2012
11:14 GMT |
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Scheduled to arrive on the surface of the Red Planet on August 6 GMT, the NASA Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Opportunity will benefit from logistics support provided by the Mars Odyssey spacecraft. The orbiter has just been moved to an orbit that will enable it to support the MSL landing. The vehicle has been ... |
25 July 2012
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Experts at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, say that the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity may endure on the surface of the Red Planet for five to six years, based on its specifications.When mission engineers first thought about the mission, they designed Curiosity to end... |
21 July 2012
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Even though the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity is heading towards the slopes of Mount Sharp, at the core of Gale Crater, scientists still know very little about the nature of this mountain. What is clear at this point is that the structure was produced by an asteroid collision. The ancient impact was ... |
20 July 2012
11:16 GMT |
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Gamers with accounts on Xbox Live Marketplace and Kinect Central can now download a free-to-play game called Mars Rover Landing, which was developed by the American space agency, in partnership with software giant Microsoft. The game can currently run on Xbox 360 systems exclusively, and requires a Kinect motion se... |
17 July 2012
11:49 GMT |
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When it comes to landing the heaviest, most complex piece of hardware ever sent to another planet, nothing can be left to chance. Experts managing the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) and its rover, Curiosity, are well aware of that, and they are currently making final preparations for landing.
This is scheduled to oc... |
17 July 2012
03:56 GMT |
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Scientists in charge of handling the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity say that, if any indicators to the presence of past lifeforms on the surface of the Red Planet exist, the robot will identify them. The team says that the soil is the most likely keeper of such records. One of the most encouraging th... |
9 July 2012
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Mission controllers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, announced yesterday, July 6, that the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity is now less than a month away from the Red Planet. It is scheduled to touch down on the slope of Mount Sharp, inside Gale Crater, on August 6 GM... |
7 July 2012
07:48 GMT |
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An engineering unit for the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity has recently been taken out for a test drive in the hard Mojave Desert of California. Engineers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) were interested in observing how the machine behaved under real-life conditions.
Though only a skeleton... |
4 July 2012
03:28 GMT |
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As the landing date for the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity is drawing closer, experts at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, are again going through the landing procedure the spacecraft needs to undergo. This involves using 76 explosive charges.
Curiosity is scheduled to... |
3 July 2012
04:12 GMT |
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Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission managers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, announce that a new flight path correction maneuver was successfully conducted on Tuesday, June 26, and that the spacecraft is currently on the correct path for its Martian landing.
Current predictio... |
27 June 2012
03:56 GMT |
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Officials at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, say that they have recently been able to refine the target landing ellipse for the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity. The vehicle will reach its destination soon.
The study that yielded the new landing coordinates was made p... |
13 June 2012
03:45 GMT |
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The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity, currently scheduled to land on the surface of the Red Planet on August 5th, may contaminate samples collected from our neighboring world with Earth-based materials, officials at NASA fear. According to scientists at the American space agency, the rover's drill... |
12 June 2012
11:33 GMT |
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With the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity moving closer to its planned, August 5 landing date, mission controllers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, are getting ready for the toughest part of the missions, the 7 minutes of terror. This is the name given to the brief interval when ... |
11 June 2012
11:34 GMT |
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The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity is currently on track for an August 5 landing on the surface of Mars, on the slopes of Mount Sharp inside the Gale Crater. Mission controllers have just released a video showing what the spacecraft must do in order to land successfully.
Since Curiosity is the largest... |
8 June 2012
03:10 GMT |
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If you've ever wondered how the Mars Science laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity will conduct its analyses of soils on the Red Planet, look no further. A new update from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) team handling the project shows how an Earth-based replica scoops up dirt. The vehicle left at the JPL ... |
28 May 2012
02:52 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new study from experts in the United States, it would appear that Medusae Fossae Formation on the surface of Mars has a volcanic origin. How this landscape feature formed has puzzled planetary scientists for years.
The structure is basically a 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) deposit loc... |
25 May 2012
09:14 GMT |
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With the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity scheduled to reach the surface of Mars by early August, the need to test the exploration robot's systems is becoming increasingly apparent. NASA experts recently took a test version of the machine out into the desert, for a test driver. Curiosity has a twi... |
12 May 2012
02:40 GMT |
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The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) is currently less than 65 days away from reaching the Red Planet, mission managers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in Pasadena, California, announced.
The spacecraft comprises an aeroshell, the rover Curiosity and the Sky Crane system. The latter will be in charge of lowerin... |
3 May 2012
09:07 GMT |
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Officials from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, have recently announced that the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity has less than 100 days to go before it finally reaches its destination. The spacecraft is scheduled to land on the Red Planet in August.
The milestone was reached on A... |
30 April 2012
03:14 GMT |
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Having launched on November 26, 2011, the NASA Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity is currently halfway to its destination. Current plans call for it to land on Mars on August 5, 2012. Mission controllers say that all parameters aboard the spacecraft are nominal.
Curiosity is still encapsulated in it aeros... |
2 April 2012
09:10 GMT |
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The international, Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Project Science Group announces that the central feature in the Gale Crater on the Red Planet has just been named Mount Sharp, in honor of planetary sciences founder Robert P. Sharp (1911-2004).
The expert helped educate a large number of the scientists currently lead... |
29 March 2012
03:00 GMT |
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Experts at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, who manage the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission, announce that they successfully completed a new course-correction maneuver yesterday, March 26.
Due to a series of technical factors, the spacecraft could not be launched on a direct co... |
27 March 2012
06:01 GMT |
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Experts at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California have just completed a full dress rehearsal of what the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity will look and behave like when it lands on the Red Plant.
The event is scheduled to take place this August, after the mission launched in ... |
7 March 2012
09:32 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency say that they plan to begin work on developing a scaled-back version of a previously-proposed mission to Mars. However, the current budget for FY2013 does not allow for such a mission, so NASA needs to shuffle some of its funds around.
According to analysts, it could be that so... |
28 February 2012
06:06 GMT |
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High-risk, high-reward missions to the Red Planet will no longer be possible with the new budget proposed for the American space agency, analysts say. Spacecraft such as the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) are currently placed on hold indefinitely.
NASA will only get $1.2 billion for its planetary science programs, w... |
14 February 2012
16:01 GMT |
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