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Rover Readies for Second DrillingCuriosity prepares for a second drilling and a tutorial on the complicated choreography to get the drill sample to her instruments. |
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'Spring Break' Over; Commanding ResumesCuriosity gets new software and new capabilities for the long trek to Mt. Sharp. |
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Mars' Bygone AtmosphereNASA's Curiosity finds that the Red Planet doesn't have the same atmosphere it used to. |
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Mars in a Minute: What Happens When the Sun Blocks our Signal?How can you communicate with Mars spacecraft when the Sun is in the way? Learn more about 'solar conjunction' in this 60-second video. |
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Curiosity Rover Hits PaydirtCuriosity's analyzed rock sample proves ancient Mars could have supported living microbes. |
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Mars in a Minute: Why is Curiosity Looking for Organics?What are organic molecules, and what can they tell us about the history of Mars? Learn more in this 60-second video. |
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Curiosity Collects First Rock SampleCuriosity rover obtains the first sample ever collected from the interior of a rock on another planet. |
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Drilling into MarsThis animation of NASA's Curiosity rover shows the complicated suite of operations involved in conducting the rover's first rock sample drilling on Mars. |
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Demonstration of Rover Rock Drilling at JPLThis video clip shows moments during a demonstration of drilling into a rock at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., with a test double of the Mars rover Curiosity. |
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Curiosity Drills on MarsNASA JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory Scott McCloskey drill systems engineer Mars rover Curiosity mini drill test gray tailings powder sample drilling John Klein site rock space exploration |
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Simulation of Curiosity Rover Drilling into Martian BedrockThis animation depicts NASA's Mars rover Curiosity drilling a hole to collect a rock-powder sample at a target site called 'John Klein.' |
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Curiosity Finds Calcium-Rich DepositsNASA's Curiosity rover finds calcium deposits on Mars similar to those seen on Earth when water circulates in cracks and rock fractures. |
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Curiosity Rover Gives Mars the Brush-OffNASA's Curiosity rover dusts off a rock on Mars for the first time. |
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From Mars Curiosity to Times Square: Happy New YearNew Year's Eve revelers watching giant screens in New York's Times Square saw a special Happy New Year greeting from Mars, currently 206 million miles away. |
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Curiosity's Martian HolidayCuriosity will spend the holidays at a location on Mars dubbed 'Grandma's House.' |
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Mars in a Minute: How Do Rovers Drive on Mars?Where's the driver's seat for a Mars rover? Millions of miles away, back on Earth! Learn more in this 60-second video. |
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Animation of Curiosity Rover's Arm Movements for Taking a Self-PortraitThis animation shows how the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity was positioned for taking multiple images that were combined into a self-portrait. |
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Rover Results at RocknestNASA's Curiosity Mars rover team wraps up its scientific study at Rocknest. |
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Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) suite on Mars CuriosityHow samples are delivered and then tested in the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) suite on the Mars Curiosity rover. |
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Curiosity Roves AgainAfter spending six weeks doing science investigations at Rocknest, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is on the move again to Point Lake and a place to try out the drill. |
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Animation of Curiosity Rover's First 'Touch and Go'Animation shows NASA's Mars Curiosity rover touching a rock with an instrument on its arm, then stowing the arm and driving on. |
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Wind and Radiation on MarsCuriosity monitors radiation and spots elusive dust devils on Mars. |
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SAM Sniffs Mars' AtmosphereThe Curiosity rover's Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instruments make the most sensitive measurements ever to search for methane gas on the Red Planet. |
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First CheMin ResultsNASA's Curiosity rover gets its first taste of Mars |
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Mars in a Minute: Is Mars Red Hot?What would it feel like if you could stand on Mars -- toasty warm, or downright chilly? Find out in this 60-second video. |
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