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Latest News About Mars Science Laboratory, NASA's Newest Mars Rover
The Mars rover Curiosity, also known as the Science Laboratory, will launch in late 2011 and land on the Red Planet in August 2012.
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A strange and shiny object on Mars photographed by NASA's Curiosity rover is just an odd-looking rock, scientists say.
The Iranian-American Bobak Ferdowsi will help highlight President Barack Obama's call for more visas for skilled immigrants in the fields of math, science and engineering.
The Mars rover Curiosity drilled into the rock "John Klein' to collect the Martian sample.
Curiosity drilled about 0.8 inches (2 centimeters) into a Martian rock called John Klein.
The robot pounded the rock with its arm-mounted drill but has apparently not spun the drill bit yet.
The robot has been sizing up a target rock and flexing its robotic arm.
See amazing shots of Mars sent back by NASA's Curiosity Rover.
The photos show Mars at night in visible and ultraviolet light.
The nuclear-powered mobile science laboratory Curiosity will roll across the surface of Mars for years, searching for the conditions that may have once made Mars an abode of life.
Opportunity's surface mission was originally supposed to last three months.
"The Changing Face of Mars" will premiere tonight at Caltech in Pasadena.
NASA to roll out full-size space vehicle replicas, a 'Star Party' and 'Mohawk Guy.'
NASA to roll out full-size space vehicle replicas, a 'Star Party' and 'Mohawk Guy.'
Whatever it is, it's not alive, scientists say.
The rover should start drilling within two weeks or so, scientists say.
The rover's Rotary Percussive Drill will sink its bit into the John Klein Area which "shows signs of (geologic) activity in a diverse sense, with one or more transport mechanisms in play" according to MAHLI principal investigator R. Aileen Yingst.
The Mars Science Laboratory used its Dust Removal Tool (DRT) for the first time to deliver an unobstructed observation of the targeted rock. Also, the Curiosity team is in search of the first target for the highly anticipated first drill use.
Comet ISON could put on an amazing show when it passes close to the sun late this year.
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