Curiosity Rover

Curiosity Rover to Drill Into Mars Rock Named Windjana
NASA's Curiosity rover is getting ready to drill into a new rock on Mars. The target rock is a sandstone rock that has been named Windjana. (April 30, 2014)

NASA's Curiosity Rover Finds 2% of Soil on Surface of Mars is Water
NASA's Curiosity rover has found that approximately 2% of the soil on the surface of Mars is water. (September 29, 2013)

Curiosity Rover Observes Two Moons Passing in the Martian Night
This sped-up movie shows the Curiosity rover observing two moons passing the Martian night (August 16, 2013)

NASA's Curiosity Rover Celebrates First Year on Mars
NASA's Curiosity rover has now been on Mars for over a year. (August 6, 2013)

NASA's Curiosity Rover Shares 1.3 Billion Pixel Mars Panorama
NASA's Curiosity rover has shared 1.3 billion pixel panorama of the Rocknest site. (June 19, 2013)

NASA's Curiosity Rover Finds Remnants of Ancient Streambed on Mars
NASA's Curiosity rover has found remnants of an ancient streambed on Mars. (September 27, 2012)

Curiosity Rover to Examine Football-Sized Rock
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has selected a football-sized rock to examine with its arm-mounted Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer and its mast-mounted, laser-zapping Chemistry and Camera Instrument. (September 19, 2012)

Curiosity Rover Takes Self Portrait
NASA's Curiosity rover snapped this photograph of itself on Mars. (September 10, 2012)

Curiosity Rover Shares New Images of Mount Sharp
NASA's Curiosity rover has returned impressive new images of Mount Sharp, its future science destination, taken by its Mast Camera. (August 28, 2012)

Video Shows Curiosity's Mars Descent in High-Res
NASA's JPL has released this video which was created using high-resolution frames acquired by the Mars Descent Imager between the jettison of the heat shield and Curiosity's touchdown. (August 24, 2012)

Image of First Laser-Zapped Rock by Curiosity Released
Curiosity has already zapped its first rock on Mars with its laser. (August 19, 2012)

Curiosity Rover Getting Brain Transplant as Driving Smarts are Installed
NASA reports that Curiosity will be getting a "brain transplant" over the weekend. (August 10, 2012)

First Images Taken by Curiosity's Navigation Cameras Revealed
NASA has released the first two full-resolution images of the Martian surface taken by the Navigation cameras on NASA's Curiosity rover. (August 8, 2012)

NASA's Curiosity Rover Caught in the Act of Landing
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) snapped an amazing photo of Curiosity during its descent to the Mars surface. (August 6, 2012)

Curiosity Rover Makes Successful Landing on Mars, First Photos Released
NASA's Curiosity rover has successfully landed on Mars in the Gale Crater. (August 6, 2012)

NASA's Curiosity Rover to Land on Mars in About 2 Hours
NASA's Curiosity rover will land on Mars at 10:31 p. (August 5, 2012)

NASA Video: Curiosity's Seven Minutes of Terror
Before Curiosity can begin investigating Mars' past or present ability to sustain microbial life it first has to survive the descent to Mars. (June 25, 2012)

NASA's Curiosity Rover to Touchdown on Mars on August 5th
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory, carrying the one-ton Curiosity rover, will touchdown on Mars late on the evening of August 5, 2012 PDT. (May 6, 2012)