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National Space Club Honors Mars Curiosity

02.13.13 - NASA's Mars Curiosity rover/Mars Science Laboratory and its team will receive a trio of National Space Club awards.
Mars Rock Takes Unusual Form

02.11.13 - NASA's Curiosity rover has, for the first time, used a drill carried at the end of its robotic arm to bore into a flat, veiny rock on Mars and collect a sample from its interior.
NASA's Rover Collects First Martian Bedrock Sample

02.09.13 - NASA's Curiosity rover has, for the first time, used a drill carried at the end of its robotic arm to bore into a flat, veiny rock on Mars and collect a sample from its interior.
Preparatory Drill Test Performed on Mars

02.07.13 - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has produced some rock powder with its drill as the last major test before the rover's first full drilling.
Weekend Test on Mars Was Preparation to Drill a Rock

02.04.13 - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity used the hammering action of its drill on Feb. 2 as the second-to-last major test before the first full drilling to collect a sample of rock dust.
Curiosity Maneuver Prepares for Drilling

01.28.13 - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has placed its drill onto a series of four locations on a Martian rock and pressed down on it with the rover's arm, in preparation for using the drill in coming days.
Mars Rover Curiosity Uses Arm Camera at Night

01.24.13 - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has for the first time used the camera on its arm to take photos at night, illuminated by white lights and ultraviolet lights on the instrument.
Ms. Curiosity Goes to Washington

01.18.13 - The people of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission have been named winners of a 2013 Space Foundation award for advancing exploration of space.
Mars Rover Curiosity's Team to Receive Space Foundation Award

01.15.13 - The people of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission have been named winners of a 2013 Space Foundation award for advancing exploration of space.
NASA Mars Rover Preparing to Drill Into First Martian Rock

01.15.13 - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is driving toward a flat rock with pale veins that may hold clues to a wet history on the Red Planet.
NASA Hosts Jan. 15 Telecon About Mars Rover Progress

01.14.13 - NASA will host a media teleconference at 10 a.m. PST (1 p.m. EST) on Tuesday, Jan. 15, to provide an update about the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater.
NASA's Big Mars Rover Makes First Use of its Brush

01.07.13 - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has completed first-time use of a brush it carries to sweep dust off rocks.
Curiosity Rover Explores 'Yellowknife Bay'

01.04.13 - After imaging during the holidays, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity resumed driving Jan. 3 and pulled within arm's reach of a sinuous rock feature called "Snake River."
Curiosity Rover Explores 'Yellowknife Bay'

12.18.12 - The NASA Mars rover Curiosity this week is driving within a shallow depression called "Yellowknife Bay," providing information to help researchers choose a rock to drill.
Mars Rover Self-Portrait Shoot Uses Arm Choreography

12.11.12 - A self-portrait of the NASA Mars Rover Curiosity stitches together dozens of images by the camera at the end of the rover's arm.
Curiosity Rover Nearing Yellowknife Bay

12.11.12 - The NASA Mars rover Curiosity drove 63 feet (19 meters) northeastward Monday, Dec. 10, approaching an area called "Yellowknife Bay," where researchers will choose a rock to drill.
NASA Mars Rover Fully Analyzes First Soil Samples

12.03.12 - NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has used its full array of instruments to analyze Martian soil for the first time, and found a complex chemistry within the Martian soil.
Update Set in San Francisco About Curiosity Mars Rover

11.29.12 - The next news conference about the NASA Mars rover Curiosity will be held at 9 a.m. Monday, Dec. 3, in San Francisco at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).
Regional Dust Storm Dissipating

11.27.12 - A regional dust storm on Mars, tracked from orbit since Nov. 10, appears to be abating rather than going global.
One Year After Launch, Curiosity Rover Busy on Mars

11.26.12 - NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Mission launched a year ago today, putting the rover Curiosity on its way to Gale Crater, where it has been working for 16 weeks.

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