And Now … in Color: Curiosity's Landing Site on Mars
NASA continues to add astonishing images to its library of photos taken by cameras aboard the Mars Curiosity rover. Yesterday it released a black and white panorama of Gale Crater …
Mars Curiosity Shows Panorama of Landing Site
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover send back images that Earth-based researchers turned into a panorama of the rover’s landing site at Gale Crater. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The image shows the Curiosity …
NASA Science — It's Not Just About Mars
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has captivated our attention for the past several days, and undoubtedly for weeks, months and years to come. But NASA’s science program is more than “just” …
Russian Prime Minister to Convene Meeting on "Crisis" in Space Industry Next Week
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will convene a meeting next week to discuss the “crisis” in the Russian space industry following Monday’s Proton rocket failure according to Russia’s Itar-Tass news service. Itar-Tass …
First Color Image from Curiosity and Photo of Curiosity on the Surface
The Martian police would probably charge us with littering, but NASA released a photo today showing the Curiosity rover, its heat shield, parachute, back shell and Sky Crane on the Martian surface. That image …
Russia Suffers Another Proton Launch Failure
Russia has suffered another failure of its Proton rocket system. Early reports indicate that the Briz upper stage malfunctioned. The launch yesterday was intended to place Indonesia’s Telkom-3 and Russia’s …
Amazing Photo of Curiosity Rover Descending to Mars
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has been in orbit around Mars since 2006, snapped this amazing photograph of the new Mars Curiosity rover as it descended by parachute towards the surface of Mars …
More Amazing Mars Curiosity Images–Video from Its Own Camera During Descent
The amazing imagery from the Mars Curiosity rover just doesn’t stop coming. NASA has posted a video showing 297 frames taken by a camera — the Mars Descent Imager (MARDI) — on …
See the First Images from NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover-UPDATE
UPDATE: We’ve added another image. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has posted the first raw (unprocessed) images from the Mars Curiosity rover that landed less than an hour ago at Gale …
NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover Lands Successfully-UPDATE
UPDATE: THEY DID IT! Mars Curiosity landed safely on Mars as scheduled. Odyssey was in position to relay the good news. Congrats all around! Follow us on Twitter @SpcPlcyOnline as we follow …