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Curiosity Rover Collects First Martian Bedrock Sample

NASA’s Curiosity rover has, for the first time, used a drill carried at the end of its robotic arm to bore into a flat, veiny rock on Mars and collect...

Mars Rover Curiosity Arm Tests Nearly Complete

PASADENA, Calif. — NASA’s Mars Curiosity team is almost finished robotic arm tests in preparation for the rover to touch and examine its first Martian rock. Tests with the 7-foot (2.1-meter) arm have allowed the mission team to gain confidence in the arm’s precise maneuvering in Martian temperature and gravity conditions. During these activities, Curiosity...

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Curiosity First Weather Readings

The Mars Curiosity Rovers REMS instrument (Rover Environmental Monitoring Station) has sent back the first weather data from the red planet. REMS collects...

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Curiosity Mount Sharp Photo

This is an image taken from the Mars Curiosity Rover of Mount Sharp. The rover has a clear path all the way to Mount Sharp. This image was taken from the...

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NASA Lands Car-Size Rover Beside Martian Mountain

PASADENA, Calif. — NASA’s most advanced Mars rover Curiosity has landed on the Red Planet. The one-ton rover, hanging by ropes from a rocket...