Mars Science Laboratory articles

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  Life, death, and Mars: The New Yorker's definitive account of the Curiosity rover

  By Dante D'Orazio on April 17, 2013 03:20 pm + 1 comments

  The Curiosity rover, NASA's most ambitious Mars mission to-date, has received plenty of attention Continue reading…

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  Is there life on Mars? Why the question still eludes us after years of discovery

  By Carl Franzen on March 14, 2013 12:00 pm + 92 comments

  "Is there life on Mars?" David Bowie crooned in the 1971 glam rock hit of the same name. Four years Continue reading…

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  Curiosity takes its first test drive on Mars

  By Nate Ralph on August 22, 2012 11:19 pm + 20 comments

  NASA's Curiosity has taken its first test drive, in preparation for longer trips on the red planet. Continue reading…

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  Curiosity update: rover given its first mission, prepares to test its lasers and move its wheels

  By Dante D'Orazio on August 18, 2012 07:39 pm + 36 comments

  The Mars Science Laboratory — better known as the Curiosity rover — has been sitting in its Continue reading…

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  A view of Mars: the incredible 360-degree panorama from Curiosity

  By Dante D'Orazio on August 13, 2012 03:38 pm + 132 comments

  Curiosity has been reliably beaming back photos from the Martian surface ever since it completed its Continue reading…

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  Curiosity rover's gorgeous pictures from the surface of Mars

  By Amar Toor on August 12, 2012 09:03 pm + 155 comments

  NASA's Curiosity rover has begun sending back its first high-resolution photographs of Mars, and Continue reading…

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  Mars photos from NASA's Curiosity rover

  on August 12, 2012 09:03 pm + 11 comments

  Pictures from NASA's Mars Curiosity rover. Continue reading…

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  Curiosity's camera project leader explains 2-megapixel choice

  By Jeff Blagdon on August 9, 2012 09:22 pm + 132 comments

  Chances are good that if you bought a cellphone within the last five years, its camera shoots higher Continue reading…

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  Curiosity: the latest on NASA's newest Mars rover

  By Jeff Blagdon on August 6, 2012 01:28 am

  Curiosity is the name of NASA's latest Mars rover, a car-sized nuclear powered robot whose lasers Continue reading…

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  NASA's Mars Rover Curiosity launches today

  By Dieter Bohn on November 26, 2011 09:42 am + 9 comments

  The latest Mars Rover, Curiosity, is set to begin its launch window at 10:02 am ET today. The $2.5 Continue reading…