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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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NASA's next step for Mars exploration should aim to return pieces of the Red Planet to Earth, scientists say.
The $2.5 billion robot has performed its first contact science operations.
The Mars Science Lab team's Adam Steltzner (architect of the 7 minutes of terror landing) shares his thoughts with NASA on why it is so important for humanity to reach beyond planet Earth.
Curiosity's pictures will help scientists nail down the orbital evolution of Mars' two tiny moons.
The Mars Science Lab rover set it sights upward to witness Phobos transit the disk of the Sun on September 13, 2012. The Mastcam is equipped with special filters for direct Sun observation.
The six-wheeled robot is carrying a 1909 Lincoln penny for use as a calibration target.
The scientist talks about the Curiosity rover's mission on the Red Planet.
Curiosity snapped this "dog's eye view" on Sept. 9, 2012.
Curiosity caught the Martian moon Phobos crossing the face of the sun.
The space agency will dole out a total of $2.7 million in awards.
It's time for human and robotic exploration to work together, officials say.
Using the rover's drill (the first brought to Mars) and scoop, mission scientists, like CalTech’s John Grotzinger, may better understand Mars’ water story as written in its minerals. Curiosity will drill for that history as it climbs Mount Sharp.
Engineers mounted a 1909 penny is mounted on the rover for calibration purposes. The Curiosity team laboring on Mars time is explained.
Curiosity's commissioning phase will be complete in the next day or so.
The Mars rover update begins at 2 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT).
The photo looks hazy because the dust cover on MAHLI was closed at the time.
Glavin works on the Mars rover Curiosity's Sample Analysis at Mars instrument, or SAM.
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