The Curiosity rover, which has been exploring Mars since 2012, continues to provide valuable scientific data and captivating ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has encountered patches of sharp “gator-back” rocks causing mission planners to look for a new route ...

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover studied an unusual rock with paper-thin layers that look like a worn book. It's the latest ...

The brief spikes of methane observed on Mars tend to follow the seasons, with late spring and early summer seeming to have ...

which itself had to be deployed seamlessly midway during the mission's descent through the Martian atmosphere. But the mission team was not sure how to suspend a rover as large as Curiosity ...

Curiosity rover: The ultimate guide So the only way for Curiosity to be lowered to the surface was using a rocket-powered sky crane, which itself had to be deployed seamlessly midway during the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. In late 2013 and early 2014, NASA's Curiosity rover detected an unexpected spike in methane ...