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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has resumed science investigations after recovery from a computer glitch that prompted the engineers to switch the rover to a redundant main computer on Feb. 28. The rover has been monitoring the weather since March 21 and delivered a new portion of powdered-rock sample for laboratory analysis on March 23, among other activities. "We are back to full science operations," said Curiosity Deputy Project Manager Jim Erickson of...

-- Monte Durham, star of TLC'S SAY YES TO THE DRESS: ATLANTA, to host all day event at Discovery's Global Headquarters -- SILVER SPRING, Md., March 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- On Tuesday, March 26, Discovery Communications will host the second annual SAY YES TO THE PROM event at the company's global headquarters in Silver Spring, Md. Forty girls from Magruder High School in Rockville, Md. and KidsPeace, a private charity dedicated to serving the behavioral and mental health needs of...

WASHINGTON, March 12, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An analysis of a rock sample collected by NASA's Curiosity rover shows ancient Mars could have supported living microbes. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) Scientists identified sulfur, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and carbon -- some of the key chemical ingredients for life -- in the powder Curiosity drilled out of a sedimentary rock near an ancient stream bed in Gale Crater on the Red Planet...

NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ben Silverman's multimedia entertainment studio Electus, an operating business of IAC (Nasdaq: IACI), today announced that its global distribution arm, Electus International, has secured a multi-title, finished tape deal with Discovery Networks Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEEMEA) for four unscripted titles including AMERICAN DIGGER, FASHION STAR, FLIP MEN and MOB WIVES: CHICAGO. These series will broadcast across...

NEW YORK, Oct. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment, a leading producer of lifestyle media, announced today the release of three new DVD titles this month under its exclusive home video license agreement with Discovery Communications. The new titles include: Curiosity: I, Caveman; Mythbusters Collection 8; and Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman Season 3. Discovery Channel's Curiosity: I, CavemanEver wonder what it would be like to live in the stone age? Join...

SILVER SPRING, Md., Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Discovery Education and Intel Corporation today announced the expansion of Curiosity in the Classroom, a partnership designed to extend learning opportunities found in Discovery Channel's groundbreaking television series CURIOSITY to teachers and students. With a critical need for free resources to ignite students' interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), the expanded website will feature new lesson plans and...

NEW YORK, Sept. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment, a leading producer of lifestyle media, announced today the release of five new DVD titles this month under its exclusive home video license agreement with Discovery Communications. The new titles include: Ghost Lab: Pursuit of The Paranormal; Project Earth; Space Flight Collection; Man vs. Wild: Close Calls; and How It's Made: The Fun Stuff. Discovery Channel's Ghost Lab: Pursuit of The ParanormalDiscover some of...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Curiosity's trek on top the Martian surface has officially commenced, as the rover took off on Tuesday towards a destination about a quarter mile away. NASA said the rover drove eastward about 52 feet on Tuesday, concluding its third drive when considering the two test drives it has already taken. "This drive really begins our journey toward the first major driving destination, Glenelg, and it's nice to see some Martian soil on our...

PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For the first time in history, a recorded song has been beamed back to Earth from another planet. Students, special guests and news media gathered at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., today to hear "Reach for the Stars" by musician will.i.am after it was transmitted from the surface of Mars by the Curiosity rover. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) NASA Administrator...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online For the first time in history, the voice of a human has been transported back from Curiosity on the surface of Mars. It wasn't an alien, but a prerecorded message from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on Mars. NASA announced during a press conference that Curiosity successfully sent back the audio soundbite Curiosity was carrying with it on Mars. "Since the beginning of time, humankind’s curiosity has led us to constantly seek...