Items tagged with Curiosity

by Brittany Goetting - Mon, Jul 25, 2016

NASA Curiosity Rover Gains Ability To Autonomously Blast Martian Rocks With Lasers

The Curiosity Mars rover now has a license to shoot at will -- the rover can now autonomously target rocks without human permission or control. Curiosity uses ChemCam, a software developed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California. It is designed to study the chemical makeup of rocks and soil on Mars... Read more...

by Paul Lilly - Mon, Aug 06, 2012

NASA's Curiosity Rover Survives 7 Minutes of Terror, Lands Safely on Mars

How do you land a car-sized rover on the planet Mars? NASA answered that question with eight years of careful planning and around nine months of space travel culminating in the most advanced rover ever touching down on the Red Planet last night at 10:32 p.m. PDT. Score one of the home team. The one-ton rover called... Read more...