For about six months, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has been exploring a region full of geologic formations called boxwork, low ridges standing roughly 3 to 6 feet (1 to 2 meters) tall with sandy ...

NASA's Curiosity rover recently basked in a classic Red Planet vista as a colder season approaches. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS At first glance, this view may look like a vista from a bluff in ...

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has never been camera shy, having been seen in selfies and images taken from space. But on Feb. 28—the 4,466th Martian day, or sol, of the mission—Curiosity was captured in ...

Thirteen years after landing on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity rover is running smarter and more efficiently than ever. With new autonomy and multitasking capabilities, it’s maximizing the output from its ...

When NASA makes a new timelapse video, it's not for reminiscence or clout chasing on the Internet. The montage isn't just an intriguing look back on the mission, but a tool for the rover's science ...

Problems in space can be complex and dangerous. But NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover spent the end of April embroiled in a much simpler problem: It got stuck in a rock. Curiosity’s woes began on April 25 ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has reached a new milestone on Mars, marking a 1-kilometer elevation gain during its ascent of Mount Sharp inside Gale Crater. The achievement represents the highest point ...

A satellite captured the track left by the Mars Curiosity rover, right. NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captured a unique image of the Curiosity rover mid-drive across the surface of Mars — ...

Lights blink on as I enter the Rover Operations Center at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, at 7:30 a.m. I’m the first to arrive, even though I already feel late. Sometime ...

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