Tag: Curiosity

  • Mars rover steers toward active sand dunes

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    The dark band near the top of this Nov. 18 image from Curiosity’s navigation camera is part of the Bagnold Dunes. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The Curiosity rover’s next destination is a moving mound of wind-blown dark sand blanketing the base of Mount Sharp, the focal point of the Mars mission’s research, scientists said this week. It…

  • Mountain-climbing Mars rover sends back low-angle selfie

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    This low-angle self-portrait of NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover from Aug. 5 shows the vehicle at the site from which it reached down to drill into a rock target called “Buckskin” on lower Mount Sharp. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has recorded itself in another of its famous self-portraits as the mobile robot analyzes bore…

  • Curiosity rover sees blue on the red planet

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    NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover recorded this view of the sun setting at the close of the mission’s 956th Martian day, or sol (April 15, 2015), from the rover’s location in Gale Crater. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Texas A&M University NASA’s Curiosity rover has returned a stunning image of the sun dipping behind a distant ridge from a…

  • Glitch on Curiosity rover traced to drill mechanism

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    The mast camera on the Curiosity Mars rover captured this raw color view of the craft’s drill after collecting a rock powder sample Feb. 24. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Officials are assessing how to adjust operations to collect future rock core samples with NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover after identifying its drill as the likely source of a…

  • Engineers analyzing short circuit on Mars rover

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    Image analysts used dozens of images from Curiosity’s arm-mounted camera to create this “selfie” at the base of Mount Sharp. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS A short circuit that halted movement of NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is not expected to keep the mobile robot stationary for long, but engineers want to know whether the problem will restrict some…

  • Mars rover detects methane spike, organic molecules

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION Artist’s concept of the Curiosity rover. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Carefully analyzing data collected by NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover, scientists discovered a sudden, unexpected spike in methane levels in the martian atmosphere over a two-month period one year ago, researchers announced Tuesday. The roving science lab also has…

  • Rover data suggest Mars crater once contained long-lived lake

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    This illustration depicts a lake of water partially filling Mars’ Gale Crater, receiving runoff from snow melting on the crater’s northern rim. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ESA/DLR/FU Berlin/MSSS Scientists analyzing imagery from NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover believe sediments left by an ancient lake more than three billion years ago formed a towering mountain that is set to be…