Curiosity rover battles up a 23-degree slope in its exploration of Mars
The Curiosity rover is slowly making its way up Mount Sharp, a 3-mile-tall mountain on Mars. Mountains are useful to study as their steep slopes can reveal layers of material…
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover gets a speed boost
While NASA’s newer Perseverance rover tends to get all the headlines these days, the Curiosity rover also continues to explore the surface of Mars more than a decade after it…
Software Tweak Gives Curiosity Rover a Boost on Mars
A major software update to the Curiosity rover will allow the robot to drive faster on the Martian surface and reduce wear on its wheels, potentially boosting the mission’s lifespan.…
Is NASA Done Sending Traditional Rovers to Mars?
In February 2021, NASA landed a $2.7 billion rover on Mars that has been roaming the Red Planet ever since. The space agency got what it paid for, as the…
Mars Curiosity rover finds evidence of water where it was expected to be dry
The key to understanding whether Mars was ever habitable is water. For life as we know it to thrive, liquid water needs to be present — and we know that…
Wish a very happy 10th landing anniversary to Mars rover Curiosity
Today NASA’s Curiosity rover celebrates 10 years on the red planet, and it’s still going strong.
Curiosity rover nopes out of region of sharp Mars rocks
The Curiosity rover has come across a challenge on Mars: The densest region of sharp rocks that the rover’s NASA drivers have ever seen.
Curiosity spies a Martian ‘flower’ formed out of rock
NASA’s Curiosity rover, currently exploring Mars, has discovered an intriguing rock formation in the shape of a flower.
Curiosity’s new selfie a reminder the plucky rover is still busy on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity rover is back in the spotlight after the space agency shared a recent selfie snapped by the veteran Mars explorer.
Curiosity investigates how to keep Mars explorers safe from radiation
NASA’s Curiosity rover is armed with a radiation detector and is performing experiments into how to protect astronauts from dangerous radiation on Mars.