Smart camera can think about what the pictures signify so the rover can decide on its own whether to keep exploring a particular site, or move on Smart as the Mars Curiosity mission has been... Read more
A billion-pixel view from the surface of Mars, from NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity, offers armchair explorers a way to examine one part of the Red Planet in great detail. The first NASA-p... Read more
This is the first time any robot has drilled into a rock to collect a sample on Mars. NASA’s Curiosity rover has, for the first time, used a drill carried at the end of its robotic arm... Read more