Clik here to view.
Is there life on Mars? Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity go roving
The NASA rover Curiosity is expected to be landing on Mars at 3:31 am August 6, 2012 (AEST). It’s mission, lasting one Martian-year (98 Earth weeks), is of scientific significance and perhaps even of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Where to land Mars Curiosity for the best science? Interview with Marion...
Australian geologist Marion Anderson, with a model of Curiosity's predecessor rover Opportunity. Source: The Age You’ve sunk more than $2 billion into a car-sized rover and you’re ready to send it to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
First Color Image of the Martian Landscape from Curiosity
This view of the landscape to the north of NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity acquired by the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) on the afternoon of the first day after landing. (The team calls this day Sol 1,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
It’s a wheel! It’s a wheel – a wheel on Mars!
NASA’s rover Curiosity was safely on Mars. It was a perfect landing. The novel sky-crane method had proved its detractors wrong and its designers right. What was needed then was signs that Curiosity...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Alien encounters and the man from Grenada
The month of August indeed belonged to the tiny rover that could — Curiosity. We were all hooked right from the landing and until those first images of the red planet were beamed back. Not even...
View Article
