Rover articles

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  Curiosity snaps a self-portrait from the surface of Mars

  By Chris Welch on September 8, 2012 09:44 pm + 49 comments

  Ever since NASA's Curiosity rover touched down on Mars, we've been witness to a constant stream of Continue reading…

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  NASA's Curiosity rover looks back at where it has been

  By Louis Goddard on September 1, 2012 10:34 pm + 34 comments

  NASA's Curiosity rover has taken yet another astonishing photograph of the Martian landscape, this 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's wind sensor was damaged during Mars landing

  By Andrew Webster on August 22, 2012 02:23 pm + 37 comments

  Curiosity's Mars landing was a thrilling event, but it wasn't without its problems — NASA has Continue reading…

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  Curiosity wiggles its wheels on Mars, creates interplanetary GIF magic

  By Dante D'Orazio on August 21, 2012 01:46 pm + 77 comments

  For a $2.5 billion science project, NASA's Curiosity rover (and its team) have put quite a bit of Continue reading…

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  Watch Curiosity's Mars landing again, this time in high-resolution

  By Andrew Webster on August 20, 2012 09:07 am + 18 comments

  We've already seen NASA's Curiosity rover make its dramatic descent to the surface of Mars, but the Continue reading…

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  Nuclear-powered Mars rover fires first laser

  By Louis Goddard on August 20, 2012 04:14 am + 55 comments

  NASA's Curiosity rover, which touched down on the surface of Mars two weeks ago, has made the first Continue reading…

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  Play this: pilot your own Mars rover in 'Tempest'

  By Kimber Streams on August 16, 2012 01:30 pm + 7 comments

  The Chaos Collective has developed a brand new in-browser game that lets you experience what it's Continue reading…

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  The secret of the Mars rover's Twitter success: 'keeping it real'

  By Louis Goddard on August 13, 2012 05:53 am + 14 comments

  Even before the successful landing of NASA's Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars last week, the 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…