The spacecraft encountered a hurdle last Friday, when a hiccup during boot-up interrupted its planned activities and triggered a protective safe mode
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NASA’s Opportunity rover finally meets its end
After turning a 90 sol mission into a 15 years adventure, NASA have finally said goodbye to the rover they last contact with in June 2018
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Curiosity surveys its surroundings after the global dust storm
Along with creating a 360-degree panorama of Vera Rubin Ridge, Curiosity has also been drilling for samples
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Curiosity captures photos of thickening Martian dust storm
Though the rover is on the other side of Mars from Opportunity, the dust has steadily increased over it, more than doubling over the weekend
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NASA gets stuck into building its next Mars rover
In just a few years, one of the space agency’s next big missions will be flying to the Red Planet
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New Mars 2020 rover will include twenty-three cameras
This will bring a new perspective to landing, navigating around and studying the surface of the Red Planet
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Engineers work to get Curiosity rover’s drill back in action
The rover’s team is working to restore its sample-drilling capability using new techniques. The latest development is a preparatory test on Mars
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Solar storm floods the Martian surface in radiation
Intense solar activity has sparked the fiercest aurora and radiation reading ever recorded on Mars
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NASA momentarily ceases communication with Mars orbiters and rovers
This month, movements of the planets will put Mars almost directly behind the Sun, from Earth’s perspective, causing curtailed communications between us and the Red Planet
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Mars orbiter spies Curiosity climbing Mount Sharp
Using the most powerful telescope ever sent to Mars, NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter caught a view of the rover this month amid rocky mountainside terrain
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Different conditions for microbes existed in same Martian lake, Curiosity rover finds
A long-lasting lake on ancient Mars provided stable environmental conditions that differed significantly from one part of the lake to another
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New image reveals holes in Martian rover’s wheel treads
A routine check of the aluminium wheels on Curiosity has found two small breaks on the rover’s left middle wheel
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Curiosity rover finds an iron-nickel meteorite on the surface of Mars
Known as “Egg Rock,” the space rock is the first on the Red Planet to be examined with a laser-firing spectrometer
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Curiosity rover heads uphill for new chapter on Mars
After collecting drilled rock powder in arguably the most scenic landscape yet, NASA’s mobile laboratory is driving toward other destinations
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Curiosity takes stunning new images of Mars’ surface
The layered geologic past of the Red Planet is revealed in stunning detail in new colour images
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VIDEO: Watch the nail-biting moment Curiosity landed on Mars
Four years ago, history was made as the rover touched down at Gale Crater – relive the moment!
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Evaporation of ancient lakes formed Mars’ mineral veins
Formations found in Mars’ Gale Crater were formed by the drying up of great bodies of water, a new study has shown
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NASA release social media game to mark Curiosity’s ‘landiversary’
While the rover explores Mars, gamers can join the fun via a new game, Mars Rover
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NASA reveal next rover to launch for Mars
The space agency is ready to proceed with the construction of its next Martian machine, currently targeted to launch in 2020
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Mars was much more Earth-like in its past than previously thought, Curiosity finds
Chemicals found in Martian rocks by the rover suggest the Red Planet once had more oxygen in its atmosphere than it does now