Curiosity set to scoop up Martian soil

Last Updated: Friday, October 5, 2012, 12:36

NASA’s Curiosity rover is now stationed at a place on Mars where it will take its first scoop of soil for analysis.

Researchers manage to control space age jetlag

Last Updated: Saturday, September 29, 2012, 09:44

Since August, NASA`s Mars rover Curiosity has been roaming all over the distant planet learning as much as it can about the Martian terrain.

Curiosity Rover finds signs of ancient riverbed on Mars

Last Updated: Friday, September 28, 2012, 09:52

NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has discovered a bedrock that shows signs of a fast-moving stream that once ran through that area on Mars.

NASA`s Curiosity to examine football-size rock

Last Updated: Thursday, September 20, 2012, 12:26

NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has come closer to a football-size rock that will be the first for the rover’s arm to examine.

Curiosity captures picture of Martian solar eclipse

Last Updated: Monday, September 17, 2012, 11:58

The image captured a moment during a partial eclipse, with Phobos just jutting into Mars’s view of the sun.

Curiosity rover `sniffs` Martian air to measure its composition

Last Updated: Friday, September 7, 2012, 14:36

NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has sucked Martian air into its big Sample Analysis at Mars (Sam) instrument to reveal the concentration of different gases.

Curiosity sends voice recording, telephoto images from Mars

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 28, 2012, 10:06

NASA`s Curiosity rover has sent back the first recorded human voice that traveled from Earth to another planet and back.

NASA reveals secrets it has hidden on Curiosity rover

Last Updated: Saturday, August 25, 2012, 16:30

NASA has finally started revealing the secrets it hid in engineers in the Curiosity rover, which is currently driving on the surface of Mars.

Angry Birds Space update to educate kids about NASA’s Mars missions

Last Updated: Friday, August 24, 2012, 17:19

Pigs and birds will explore the Martian terrain and shed light on NASA’s missions to the Red Planet in the latest update to the game Angry Birds Space.

Curiosity spots `UFO` zooming across Mars` horizon

Last Updated: Thursday, August 23, 2012, 12:33

NASA`s Curiosity rover has captured a strange white light dancing across the horizon of Mars and four blobs hovering in the sky, which UFO hunters claim are alien ships monitoring humans` baby steps into the universe.

Curiosity rover makes first test drive on Mars

Last Updated: Thursday, August 23, 2012, 08:45

Curiosity took its first test drive around the gravel-strewn Martian terrain, its preparation for the ultimate road trip to find out if life could have existed on the red planet.