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Jun 19, 2013 02:53 PM ET // Ian O'Neill
If you were in any doubt as to Curiosity's photography prowess, this 1.3 billion pixel panorama of Gale Crater should allay your concerns. Continue reading →
Jun 17, 2013 08:08 PM ET // Ian O'Neill
Continuing its campaign of Mars domination, Curiosity is blasting holes into Mars rocks with its laser -- for SCIENCE! Continue reading →
Jun 11, 2013 05:32 PM ET // Ian O'Neill
Valentina Tereshkova, first woman to orbit the Earth, is about to celebrate the 50th anniversary of her historic mission -- but she now has even loftier dreams. Continue reading →
Jun 9, 2013 04:10 PM ET // Markus Hammonds
Hydrogen gas produced in a water-rock chemical reaction may be able to sustain life -- on both Earth and Mars. Continue reading →
Jun 6, 2013 01:55 PM ET // Ian O'Neill
It could have been the plucky tale of a lonely rover meeting an abandoned rodent on the Martian surface -- sadly, the 'Mars rat' was just a rock and will be ignored by Curiosity. Continue reading →
Jun 5, 2013 01:51 PM ET // Ray Villard
Although NASA's "Asteroid Initiative" has received early criticism, the technology developed to capture an asteroid could be applied to a future Mars sample return mission. Continue reading →
Jun 3, 2013 06:13 PM ET // Markus Hammonds
The JAXA telescope due to be launched later this year will watch with x-ray eyes to see how the solar wind eats away at the atmospheres of our neighboring planets. Continue reading →
May 31, 2013 02:23 AM ET // Ian O'Neill
When Curiosity was coasting through interplanetary space on its way to Mars, I doubt it considered the possibility that the landing site inside Gale Crater would be a pebbly beach -- almost. Continue reading →
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