Learn more about NASA's Mars rover Curiosity, also known as the Mars Science Laboratory, which launches in late 2011 and will land on the Red Planet in August 2012.

Mars memorial. NASA’s Spirit and Opportunity rovers, by carrying small pieces of the wreckage, paid tribute to the victims of the September 11, 2001, attack on the twin towers of the World Trade ...

Mars 10 fun facts about Mars, also known as the red planet ... Spirit and Opportunity were twin rovers that landed just a few weeks apart from one another in 2004, according to NASA.gov.

Forgotten about the Mars Opportunity rover? Understandable. NASA’s little six-wheel buggy launched from Earth July 7, 2003. Two hundred twelve days later, it deployed a parachute, retrorockets ...

Opportunity Mars rover is wheeling across Meridiani Planum toward Victoria Crater � a feature that promises to be spectacular in view but also surrender data about the red planet�s past.

So to satisfy your Curiosity curiosity, here are five surprising facts about the Mars-going rover. Image used with permission by copyright holder 1. Lasers! That’s right, lasers.

The Curiosity rover found nitrogen, a sign of life, while the older Opportunity completed a marathon that took 11 years. ... 16 fascinating facts about NASA's Mars rovers 16 photos ...

When I saw the announcement that NASA ended the Opportunity rover mission, I gasped a bit. But I don't know why. I suppose we should have all seen this coming. Who hasn't been in a relationship ...

Opportunity, one of the two Mars Exploration Rovers launched in 2003, landed successfully on the Red Planet at 04:54 UTC on January 25, 2004. Its original mission parameters planned for 90 martian ...

The Opportunity Mars rover has explored Endeavour Crater’s western rim (pictured here) since 2011, including Cape Tribulation starting in 2014. The image, taken by the Mars Reconnaissance ...

Opportunity has traversed 22.2 miles in its nine years and four months on the Red Planet, and is still performing good science. Jupiter, Venus, Mercury appear to cluster together in the night sky this ...