March 8, 2013 Image Caption: This artist’s concept features NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover, a mobile robot for investigating Mars’ past or present ability to sustain microbial life. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA will hold a news conference at 10 a.m. Continue reading
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NASA's Mars Rover Curiosity Swaps Computers
March 1, 2013 Image Caption: This artist concept features NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover, a mobile robot for investigating Mars’ past or present ability to sustain microbial life. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory The ground team for NASAs Mars rover Curiosity has switched the rover to a redundant onboard computer in response to a memory issue on the computer that had been active. The intentional swap at about 2:30 a.m. Continue reading
What NASA’s Next Mars Rover Will Discover
NASAs Mars Science Laboratory is on its way. In a little more than a month, the 1-ton rover, which launched in November, will descend to the Martian surface Continue reading