Mars rover Curiosity resumes work

Last Updated: Thursday, March 21, 2013, 15:44

NASA`s Mars rover Curiosity is back in action, after engineers have fixed the software snag which put the robot on a precautionary `standby` mode earlier this week.

Curiosity rover searching Mars surface for signs of habitability

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 16:21

The laser-shooting ChemCam instrument aboard the Curiosity rover has shown what appears to be a common feature on the surface of some very different Martian rocks

Traces of clay found in Martian rock tested by Curiosity rover

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 16:21

NASA`s Curiosity rover which is testing Mars rock, has found traces of clay - that points to a watery past.

Curiosity rover sleeps after solar blast races toward Mars

Last Updated: Thursday, March 7, 2013, 09:41

Mars Curiosity rover was powered down after the sun unleashed a blast that headed toward the red planet, NASA said Wednesday.

Curiosity Mars rover confirms first drilled Martian rock sample

Last Updated: Thursday, February 21, 2013, 11:39

NASA`s Mars rover Curiosity has relayed new images, which confirm that it has successfully obtained the first sample ever collected from the interior of a rock on another planet.

Curiosity rover collects first Mars rock sample

Last Updated: Sunday, February 10, 2013, 14:46

This is the first time any robot has drilled into a rock to collect a sample on Mars, the US space agency said.

Curiosity rover drills into Mars for 1st time

Last Updated: Friday, February 8, 2013, 16:19

NASA`s Mars rover Curiosity has turned its drill in rock for the first time.

Curiosity rover hammers into its first Martian rock

Last Updated: Monday, February 4, 2013, 15:31

NASA`s Curiosity rover has used its drill system for the first time to hammer into a flat slab of Martian rock to gather samples which will determine if the red planet once hosted life.

NASA`s Curiosity rover preparing to drill on Mars

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 16, 2013, 09:26

NASA says the Curiosity rover should be ready to begin drilling on Mars soon.

Spotting Curiosity on Mars possible

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 18, 2012, 13:06

Determining the position of the robot Curiosity will be possible by studying the eclipses of Phobos, the larger of the two moons of Mars.

NASA downplays `historic` discovery on Mars

Last Updated: Thursday, November 22, 2012, 18:34

NASA has played down talk of a major discovery by its Martian rover Curiosity after remarks by the mission chief raised hopes it may have unearthed evidence life once existed on the Red Planet.