Episodes
After busily exploring the Glenelg region of Gale Crater, Curiosity is moving on. The rover is starting a 5 mile, or about an 8 kilometer trek southwest towards the foothills of Mt Sharp.
Published 07/11/13
This movie clip shows Phobos, the larger of the two moons of Mars, passing overhead, as observed by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity in a series of images centered straight overhead starting shortly after sunset.
Published 07/01/13
Curiosity is at Point Lake on Mars and will snap pictures to send home. Find out more about the rover's 17 cameras, including why some shoot in color and others others take black-and-white images.
Published 06/13/13
Is frozen carbon dioxide a key to features in some Martian gullies? To find out, scientists grabbed a bag of dry ice and took a road trip.
Published 06/11/13
NASA's Curiosity rover switches to long-distance driving mode as she heads to Mount Sharp.
Published 06/07/13
Curiosity prepares for a second drilling and a tutorial on the complicated choreography to get the drill sample to her instruments.
Published 05/16/13
Curiosity gets new software and new capabilities for the long trek to Mt. Sharp.
Published 05/09/13
Narrated video about a hurricane-like storm seen at Saturn's north pole by NASA's Cassini spacecraft
Published 04/29/13
NASA’s Curiosity finds that the Red Planet doesn’t have the same atmosphere it used to.
Published 04/12/13
Curiosity's analyzed rock sample proves ancient Mars could have supported living microbes.
Published 03/15/13
What are organic molecules, and what can they tell us about the history of Mars? Learn more in this 60-second video.
Published 03/06/13
Curiosity rover obtains the first sample ever collected from the interior of a rock on another planet.
Published 02/21/13