NASA rover Curiosity feels heat on Mars

Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 19:25

All is not well with NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity. The wear and tear in its wheels owing to rough Martian landscape has been a cause of concern for mission managers.

Unmanned NASA Rover photographs `bizarre` UFO on Mars

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 11:42

An unmanned NASA Rover has captured images of a celestial object, believed to be a UFO, on Mars.

NASA rover Opportunity finds signs Mars once had fresh water

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 07:10

NASA`s decade-old Mars rover, Opportunity, has found evidence that life-friendly fresh water once pooled on the red planet`s surface, reinforcing similar discoveries made by newcomer Curiosity on the other side of the planet, scientists said on Thursday.

`Mystery` rock`s appearance in front of Mars Rover puzzles scientists

Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 10:18

A rock that mysteriously appeared in front of the Mars Rover a few days back, has left scientists baffled.

NASA releases amazing pictures of Mars rover Curiosity from space

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 02:59

NASA has released astonishing pictures of the Curiosity rover clicked by its Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter as the robotic spacecraft rambles across the Martian surface.

NASA to send another rover to Mars in 2020: Chief scientist

Last Updated: Sunday, January 5, 2014, 19:25

After the success of Mars orbiter rover `Curiosity`, NASA would send another rover to the red planet by 2020 to explore "biosignatures" on Mars, a top scientist of the American space agency said here today.

Mars rover Curiosity gets software upgrade, wheel check

Last Updated: Sunday, December 22, 2013, 22:00

Mars rover Curiosity has got a software upgrade and is being checked for the wear and tear on the one-tonne robot`s wheels caused by the rugged Martian surface.

Damage suffered by Curiosity`s aluminum wheels raise concern

Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 14:02

Photographs obtained from Curiosity`s robotic arm-mounted Mars Hand Lens Imager have shown marked wear and tear on the rover`s front left wheel.

Scientists carry out first rock dating experiment on Mars

Last Updated: Friday, December 13, 2013, 16:27

Scientists have, for the first time, successfully determined the age of a Martian rock through experiments being carried out on the Red Planet.

Manned exploration of Mars possible as radiation risk found `manageable`

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 11:22

Scientists have established from the radiation measurements received from the Radiation Assessment Detector on NASA`s Curiosity rover that even though manned missions to Mars could be risky, the radiation hazards are more manageable than originally believed.

NASA rover finds remnants of freshwater lake on Mars

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 09:22

A US space agency rover tooling around on the dry surface of Mars has for the first time uncovered direct evidence of what used to be a freshwater lake, scientists said Monday.