Imagine taking 400 scientists on an alien road trip where each one wants to examine every interesting rock along the way. Welcome to the next two years of NASA's landmark robotic mission on Mars.
Space Exploration
Aug 6, 2012
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The latest Mars destination is a giant crater near the equator with an odd feature: a mountain rising from the crater floor.
Space Exploration
Aug 4, 2012
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In August, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory will reach the Red Planet and begin its search for habitats that could have supported life.
Space Exploration
May 16, 2012
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(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, Curiosity, currently ...
Space Exploration
May 14, 2012
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After 18 months on Mars, the rover Curiosity has taken more than 120,000 measurements of surface rocks and soil, painting a more detailed image of how much water was once on the Red Planet. An article in Chemical & Engineering ...
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 2, 2014
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This mosaic of images from Curiosity's Mast Camera (Mastcam) shows geological members of the Yellowknife Bay formation. The scene has the Sheepbed mudstone in the foreground and rises up through Gillespie Lake member to the ...
Space Exploration
Dec 11, 2013
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NASA and the mobile application Foursquare have teamed up to help the public unlock its scientific curiosity with a new rover-themed Curiosity Explorer badge.
Space Exploration
Dec 27, 2012
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The first comprehensive analysis of what we knew about the Gale crater on Mars before the recent landing of space rover Curiosity has been published by the International Journal of Astrobiology (IJA).
Space Exploration
Sep 26, 2012
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