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Colbert: Mars rover’s penis doodle proves America’s ‘galactic supremacy’
On Wednesday night’s edition of “The Colbert Report,” host Stephen Colbert presented a segment called “Tiny Triumphs,” in which he celebrated the fact that the Mars rover is now drawing penises on the face of the planet, meaning that America is now treating the Earth’s nearest planetary neighbor like a…
Watch live: NASA discusses findings from rock samples collected by Mars rover
Scientists on the Curiosity team discuss analysis of Martian rock samples scooped up by the Mars rover. Watch live broadcast on March 12. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…
NASA’s Mars rover finds gray rock beneath the Red Planet’s surface
So much for Mars being “The Red Planet.” NASA said Wednesday that its Curiosity rover has scooped up a sample from the interior of a Martian rock and found that the powdery soil just beneath the planet’s rust-colored exterior is actually a light gray color. “Something that the science team…
Mars rover finds mysterious ‘bright object’
NASA’s Curiosity rover has uncovered a “bright object” in the red soil of Mars that might be a part of the robotic explorer that broke off, the US space agency said. “The rover team decided to refrain from using the rover’s robotic arm on Oct. 8 due to the detection…
NASA rover checks in online from Mars
SAN FRANCISCO — NASA’s Mars rover took the post-PC revolution into space on Wednesday by using location-sharing mobile application Foursquare to “check-in” on the Red Planet. “NASA is using Foursquare as a tool to share the rover’s new locations while exploring Mars,” said NASA spokesman David Weaver. “This will help…
Mars rover finds evidence of ancient stream
NASA’s Curiosity rover, on Mars since August 6, has discovered gravel once carried by the waters of an ancient stream that “ran vigorously” through the area, the US space agency said Thursday. Scientists had previously found other evidence of the one-time presence of water on the Red Planet, but this…
Mini-Great Pyramid of Giza on Mars intrigues Curiosity rover team
Mini-Great Pyramid of Giza on Mars intrigues Curiosity rover team NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity is eying a target for the first tandem test of two instruments crucial to the rover’s mission of determining whether its new home, Gale Crater, as well as the crater’s central Mt. Sharp, could have hosted…
Mars rover to launch first rock study
WASHINGTON — NASA’s Curiosity Rover will study its first martial rock Friday, more than a month after landing on the Red Planet, mission officials said. Mars Science Laboratory project scientist John Grotzinger said the rover drove for another 100 feet (30 meters) last night, for a total travel distance of…
Aging Mars rover discovers geological mystery
NASA’s Opportunity rover, older brother to the Curiosity rover that landed on Mars last month, has made a new discovery that geologists find both puzzling and exciting, the US space agency said Friday. Opportunity, which has been on the Red Planet since 2004, has come across an outcrop of tiny…
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…
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