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. (2014-04-30)

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. (2013-09-29)

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 (2013-08-16)

NASA's Curiosity Rover Celebrates First Year on Mars
NASA's Curiosity rover has now been on Mars for over a year. (2013-08-06)

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. (2013-06-19)

NASA's Curiosity Rover Finds Remnants of Ancient Streambed on Mars
NASA's Curiosity rover has found remnants of an ancient streambed on Mars. (2012-09-27)

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. (2012-09-19)

Curiosity Rover Takes Self Portrait
NASA's Curiosity rover snapped this photograph of itself on Mars. (2012-09-10)

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. (2012-08-28)

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. (2012-08-24)

Image of First Laser-Zapped Rock by Curiosity Released
Curiosity has already zapped its first rock on Mars with its laser. (2012-08-19)

Curiosity Rover Getting Brain Transplant as Driving Smarts are Installed
NASA reports that Curiosity will be getting a "brain transplant" over the weekend. (2012-08-10)

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. (2012-08-08)

Curiosity Rover Makes Successful Landing on Mars, First Photos Released
NASA's Curiosity rover has successfully landed on Mars in the Gale Crater. (2012-08-06)

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. (2012-08-06)

NASA's Curiosity Rover to Land on Mars in About 2 Hours
NASA's Curiosity rover will land on Mars at 10:31 p. (2012-08-05)

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. (2012-06-25)

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. (2012-05-06)