Curiosity Rover Samples Air for a Taste of Mars History

It’s time to update the list of ingredients in Martian air.

In late 2012 NASA’s Curiosity rover drew air into its onboard laboratory and analyzed Mars’s atmospheric composition with a pair of spectrometers. The results of the investigation, published July 19 in Science, revise decades-old data on the makeup of Red Planet air and paint a broad picture of how the atmosphere has changed since the planet’s formation.

Curiosity rover to snooze off during a solar storm

Because of the awaiting solar storm on March 7 NASA temporarily balanced operations on the Martian surface rover Curiosity Mission Mars Science Lab (MSL). Currently, the rover mission scientists have presumed from the "sleep" mode, because the power of the solar storm was much lower than expect.

NASA has taken protection in view of the fact that a large coronal mass ejection, presumably, was to reach Mars in a few days, from March 7, the researchers say. 

First time Martian rock drilling ready

Curiosity rover is get ready to hold the first Martian rock drilling - in a carefully selected for this purpose, which in the history have to splash water.

Extraordinary ton machine should start work in the next couple of weeks. 

Curiosity rover sent to Earth a self-portrait

Curiosity, which is already three months traveling on the Red Planet, sent to Earth is a typical tourist photo - self-portrait in a landscape. There you can see the Martian sky, sandy valley and the mountain range of the crater Gale. The question is - who is shooting?

NASA Curiosity Rover Begins Trek Eastbound on Martian Surface

NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has set off from its surrounding area landing on a trek to a science destination about a quarter mile (400 meters) away, where it may begin using its drill.

The rover drove eastward About 52 feet (16 meters) on Tuesday, its 22nd Martian day after landing. This third drive was longer than Curiosity's first two drives combined. The previous drives tested the mobility system and positioned the rover to examine an area scoured by exhaust from one of the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft engines That Placed the rover on the ground.