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Mojave Desert tests prepare for NASA Mars Roving

(Phys.org) -- Team members of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission took a test rover to Dumont Dunes in California's Mojave Desert this week to improve knowledge of the best way to operate a similar rover, ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Take a peek inside Curiosity's shell

Take a look around Curiosity’s cozy cabin! Ok, there’s really not much to see (she didn’t get a window seat) but when the image above was taken by the rover’s Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Is this proof of life on Mars?

The Curiosity rover is currently on its way to Mars, scheduled to make a dramatic landing within Gale Crater in mid-August and begin its hunt for the geologic signatures of a watery, life-friendly past. Solid ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 13, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (27) | comments 21 | with audio podcast

Mars-bound Curiosity craft adjusts path, tests instruments

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft, halfway to Mars, adjusted its flight path today for delivery of the one-ton rover Curiosity to the surface of Mars in August.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

TED launches learning initiative at YouTube

The non-profit group behind thought-provoking TED conferences launched an education channel on YouTube in a bid to make learning irresistible.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Curiosity, the stunt double

With a pair of bug-eyes swiveling on a stalk nearly 8 feet off the ground, the 6-wheeled, 1800-lb Mars rover Curiosity doesn’t look much like a human being.  Yet, right now, the mini-Cooper-sized ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 24, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Mars-bound NASA rover adjusts course to red planet (Update)

Firing on all engines, NASA's latest rover to Mars executed a course adjustment Wednesday that put it on track for a landing on the red planet in August.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Mars-bound NASA rover aiming for an August landing

A NASA spacecraft hurtling toward Mars prepared to fire its thrusters Wednesday to put itself on course for an August landing.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Curiosity and the solar storm

On Nov. 26th, Curiosity blasted off from Cape Canaveral atop an Atlas 5 rocket. Riding a plume of fire through the blue Florida sky, the car-sized rover began a nine month journey to search for signs of life ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2

NASA rover prepares for 5th winter on Mars

NASA's lone surviving Mars rover has been busy exploring its surroundings since it rolled up to its latest crater destination four months ago. Now the solar-powered, six-wheel Opportunity is in search of ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 9

NASA launches super-size Mars rover to red planet (Update)

The world's biggest extraterrestrial explorer, NASA's Curiosity rover, rocketed toward Mars on Saturday on a search for evidence that the red planet might once have been home to itsy-bitsy life.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 26, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (22) | comments 58

Preparing for future human exploration: Measuring the radiation environment on Mars

NASA will launch the Mars Science Laboratory on Nov. 26, 2011, to assess the past and present habitability of the Red Planet's surface. The mission will land Curiosity, a rover equipped with 10 instruments designed to search ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Mars Science Laboratory meets its match in Florida

(PhysOrg.com) -- In preparation for launch later this year, the "back shell powered descent vehicle" configuration containing NASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity, has been placed on the spacecraft's ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Intensive training helps children with reading and writing difficulties

Intensive daily training for a limited period is better for children with reading and writing difficulties than the traditional remedial tuition offered by schools, reveals new research from the University of Gothenburg.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The strange attraction of Gale crater

Curiosity is about to go to Mars. The car-sized rover, also known as the Mars Science Lab, is scheduled for launch in late November or early December 2011 from the Kennedy Space Center. After an eight-month ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

Curiosity

Curiosity (from Latin curiosus "careful, diligent, curious," akin to cura "care") is an emotion related to natural inquisitive behavior such as exploration, investigation, and learning, evident by observation in human and many animal species. The term can also be used to denote the behavior itself being caused by the emotion of curiosity. As this emotion represents a drive to know new things, curiosity is the fuel of science and all other disciplines of human study[citation needed].

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