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NASA rover Curiosity collects its first Mars bedrock sample
In a first, the Mars rover Curiosity has penetrated a rock on the Red Planet and collected a sample from its interior, the US space agency announced Saturday. Using a drill at the end of its robotic arm, Curiosity bore a hole 0.6 inches (1.6 centimeters) wide and 2.5 inches…
Mars rover uncovers complex substances
The first detailed analysis of Martian soil by Nasa’s car-sized rover, Curiosity, has revealed a complex mix of substances, including water, sulphur, chlorine and organic compounds. At this stage though it is not possible to say where the carbon contained in the organic material originated. It may have been carried…
Mars rover Curiosity working ‘flawlessly’: NASA
WASHINGTON — For the past week, the rover, which touched down on August 6, has undergone a series of instrument tests, as well as a rebooting of its steering computers, and everything so far appears fine, according to officials with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. “Through every phase…
NASA moves Curiosity rover from successful test drive to ‘blast mark’ site
After two weeks of checking instruments, testing software and practising its rock-zapping skills, Curiosity the Mars rover has taken its first baby steps across the surface of the red planet. Nasa announced on Wednesday that Curiosity had moved 4.5m and rotated through 120 degrees before reversing by 2.5m, a extra-terrestrial…
NASA’s Mars rover makes first test drive
LOS ANGELES — NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity on Wednesday made its first test drive, leaving wheel tracks near its landing spot — now dubbed “Bradbury Landing” in honor of late science fiction author Ray Bradbury. “Curiosity today had its first successful drive on Mars. We have a fully functioning mobility…
Watch live: NASA updates on Curiosity’s first test drive on Mars
NASA held a press conference on Wednesday to update the public on the Mars Curiosity rover mission, which takes its first test drive on the Red Planet today. The rover has 16 drivers, based in NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Jeff Biesiadecki, one of NASA’s drivers, told Space.com…
Curiosity rover zaps Mars rock with rapid-fire laser
Mars rover Curiosity zaps ‘Coronation’ rock with rapid-fire laser (+video) (via The Christian Science Monitor) NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has zapped its first rock in what scientists elatedly declare a successful test of ChemCam, a laser-and-telescope combo designed to uncover the chemical composition of rocks on the Red Planet. The…
Curiosity to make wide detour to check out something ‘cool’
WASHINGTON — The US space agency NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity will make a wide detour to explore a geographical hot spot on Mars because “it looks cool,” scientists said Friday. Before driving to its destination at Mount Sharp, which may contain traces of water, Curiosity will head in the opposite…
Curiosity’s second day on Mars ‘flawless’: NASA
NASA rover Curiosity’s second day on Mars went “flawlessly,” NASA said, confirming the antennas, communication links and generator on the $2.5 billion robot are all working well. “We feel very confident we have a lot of data capacity now, that we have all these links, and that was one of…
NASA’s Mars rover two weeks from landing
WASHINGTON — NASA’s Curiosity rover is on target to arrive on Mars on August 6 for a two-year mission to find out whether microbial life once existed on the Red Planet, the US space agency said. Landing the car-sized rover is of course no easy task, NASA scientists say. “The…
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