Curiosity

NASA’s Curiosity rover snapped an eerie image of the Mars horizon 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 6, 2019
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover is still traversing the Red Planet on its own, searching for evidence of past life there.

By David Aragorn
Curiosity Mars Rover: Dealing with Drill Sample Issues 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 9, 2019
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is now performing Sol 2491 tasks.

By David Aragorn
Curiosity Mars Rover: 22nd Full-depth Drill Hole 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 6, 2019
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is now performing Sol 2488 duties and there’s now official word on Curiosity Mars rover’s recent success.

By David Aragorn
Curiosity captured two solar eclipses on Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 5, 2019
When NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover landed in 2012, it brought along eclipse glasses. The solar filters on its Mast Camera (Mastcam) allow it to stare directly at the Sun. Over the past few weeks, Curiosity has been putting them to good use by sending back some spectacular imagery of solar eclipses caused by Phobos and Deimos, Mars’ two moons.

By David Aragorn
Scientists uncover potential source of methane on Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 1, 2019
Gas detected by Curiosity rover may have been released from fractured Martian permafrost

By David Aragorn
Mars Rover Resumes Science Mission After Computer Glitch 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 2, 2019
It’s a massive undertaking to get a rover to the surface of Mars, so NASA designs its robots to last for at least a couple of months. Luckily, most of them operate for much longer. Opportunity was recently declared lost after 15 years on the red planet. Curiosity is still going strong after more than

By David Aragorn
Mars rover Curiosity makes first gravity-measuring traverse on the Red Planet 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 9, 2019
A clever use of non-science engineering data from NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has let a team of researchers, including an Arizona State University graduate student, measure the density of rock layers in 96-mile-wide Gale Crater.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover weighed the mountain it’s climbing 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 1, 2019
Rock under the rover’s wheels is more like soil than cement, a clue to how Mount Sharp formed

By David Aragorn
Curiosity finds that Mars’ methane changes with the seasons 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 9, 2018
The rover also discovered more signs of organic molecules

By David Aragorn
NASA’s Mars Rover Curiosity Sends Home Spectacular Panorama 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 6, 2018
A new panoramic image from Curiosity provides a sweeping vista of the interior and rim of Gale Crater, including much of the rover’s route during its first five-and-a-half years on Mars and features up to about 50 miles (85 km) away.

By David Aragorn