Why NASA's Curiosity Mars mission matters
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After planting a rover firmly on Mars' surface and testing a new methane-fueled lander, NASA has squeezed in the first test flight of its X-48C hybrid.
WASHINGTON — NASA plans to wait until 2015 to lay out a proposal for its next big astrophysics mission, which could take the form of a single large spacecraft or [...]
NASA's Curiosity rover sends back pictures of itself and a Martian Mojave
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8, 2012 – NASA's latest adventure to Mars has given the world more than just glimpses of a new alien landscape. (/Associated Press) Correction: Clarification: E-mail · Save/Share · Embed · Comments · Permalink · Curiosity Mission · Final shuttle launch
8, 2012 – NASA's latest adventure to Mars has given the world more than just [...]
Curiouser and curiouser: Earth-like terrain in Mars rover images
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When an oxygen tank explosion crippled Apollo 13 two days after it lifted off from Earth in April of 1970, NASA engineers began working frantically to come up with a solution to save the three astronauts on board. But a retired
The Curiosity Rover may have landed safely on the surface of Mars, but like all [...]
NASA mission gives a peek of rover's journey to Mars
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NASA's next-generation blended-wing-body aircraft completed its first flight today at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The X-48C is the latest in a series of designs from the Boeing/NASA partnership to explore the design, using a a large, delta
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — NASA's latest adventure to Mars has given the world more than just glimpses [...]
NASA mission gives a peek of rover's journey to Mars
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On Friday August 3, a group of social media users visited NASA Ames Research Center. The day-long event focused on Ames's contributions to the Mars Science Laboratory mission which successfully landed the Curiosity rover at Gale Crater on Mars late
NASA's next-generation blended-wing-body aircraft completed its first flight today at Edwards Air Force Base in California. [...]
NASA: Your smartphone is as smart as the Curiosity rover
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The NASA Goddard Institute for Space Research sits anonymously across from a 'Seinfeld' landmark, doing ground-breaking work on climate change, including a study released this week that links human activity to recent U.S. wildfires and tornadoes.
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — NASA's latest adventure to Mars has given the world more than just glimpses of a new [...]
NASA rover sends back video and first color picture of landscape; prettier …
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At 10:32 p.m. PST on Sunday night, NASA's robotic space rover, “Curiosity,” touched down on the surface of the Red Planet — in the “Gale Crater” for those keeping track. The landing was a landmark event — the culmination
Writing in a recent op-ed article written for the Washington Post, James E. Hansen, director of the [...]
NASA releases color photo, video of Mars rover landing
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After "seven minutes of terror" involving guided entry, parachute and powered descent, and even a sky crane, NASA's Curiosity rover has successfully touched down on the surface of Mars. Better yet, the 2000lbs (900kg)
NASA's livestream coverage of the Curiosity rover's landing on Mars was practically as flawless as the landing itself, a refreshing alternative to [...]
NASA rover lands safely on Mars
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With millions of viewers expected to watch history Sunday night, NASA couldn't afford to let the live stream of its Mars rover Curiosity landing go untested. Here's how NASA put its Amazon Web Services-based infrastructure
By Doyle Rice, USA TODAY. Updated. Comments. Reprints & Permissions. Twenty-four summers ago, NASA scientist James Hansen first warned the world [...]
NASA's rover Curiosity lands on Mars
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Touchdown: NASA rover Curiosity lands on Mars. ALICIA CHANG, Associated Press Copyright 2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
You watched the launch, bit your nails over computer simulations and even played the game, and it all comes down to today: NASA's Curiosity rover is.
You watched the [...]