NASA’s Curiosity Rover Discovers a Surprise in a Martian Rock
WEBJul 18, 2024 · NASA’s Curiosity captured this close-up image of a rock nicknamed “Snow Lake” on June 8, 2024, the 4,209th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Nine days earlier, the rover had crushed a similar-looking rock and revealed …
Mars Science Laboratory: Curiosity Rover - NASA Science
WEBPart of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, Curiosity, was the largest and most capable rover ever sent to Mars when it launched in 2011. Curiosity set out to answer the question: Did Mars ever have the right environmental conditions to support small life forms called microbes?
Curiosity Rover Updates - NASA Science
WEB4 days ago · Curiosity Rover Updates. These updates are provided by self-selected Mars Science Laboratory mission team members who love to share what Curiosity is doing with the public.
NASA’s Curiosity rover makes its ‘most unexpected’ find on Mars - CNN
WEBJul 20, 2024 · CNN — The Curiosity rover has made its most unusual find to date on Mars: rocks made of pure sulfur. And it all began when the 1-ton rover happened to drive over a rock and crack it open,...
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Clocks 4,000 Days on Mars - NASA
WEBNov 6, 2023 · NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used the drill on the end of its robotic arm to collect a sample from a rock nicknamed “Sequoia” on Oct. 17, 2023, the 3,980th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The rover’s Mastcam captured this image.
Mars Science Laboratory: Curiosity Rover News & Features
WEBNASA’s Curiosity Rover Discovers a Surprise in a Martian Rock. Among several recent findings, the rover has found rocks made of pure sulfur — a first on the Red Planet. Scientists were stunned on May 30 when a rock that NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover drove over cracked open to reveal….
10 Years Since Landing, NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Still Has Drive
WEBAug 5, 2022 · Ten years ago today, a jetpack lowered NASA’s Curiosity rover onto the Red Planet, beginning the SUV-size explorer’s pursuit of evidence that, billions of years ago, Mars had the conditions needed to support microscopic life.
Behold! 1st-ever photo of Earth and Mars' moon Phobos captured …
WEB2 days ago · NASA's Curiosity rover has captured a spectacular sight from the surface of Mars: The first-ever photo of Earth alongside the Red Planet's moon Phobos. Using its Mast Camera, or Mastcam for short ...
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Clocks 4,000 Days on Mars
WEBNov 6, 2023 · NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this 360-degree panorama using its black-and-white navigation cameras, or Navcams, at a location where it collected a sample from a rock nicknamed “Sequoia.” The panorama was captured on Oct. 21 and 26, 2023.
Curiosity rover keeps following possible Mars river remnant - Space
WEBMay 14, 2024 · (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) For the past month, NASA's Curiosity rover has been shadowing Gediz Vallis, a channel that scientists think may be the fossil of an ancient Martian river. Last...