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PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Remarkable image sets from NASA's Curiosity rover and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) are continuing to develop the story of Curiosity's landing and first days on Mars. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The images from Curiosity's just-activated navigation cameras, or Navcams, include the rover's first self-portrait, looking down at its deck from above. Another Navcam image set, in...

NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory Rover Curiosity would have a hard time completing its mission if it were not for a successful partnership between the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and a professor-student team at UT. Ben Blalock, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, and two graduate students—Stephen Terry, now an alumnus, and Robert Greenwell—designed a tiny microchip that weighs close to a paper clip and helps control the motors on the rover. There are about eighty...

PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Late Monday night, an image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured the Curiosity rover and the components that helped it survive its seven-minute ordeal from space to its present location in Mars' Gale Crater. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) "This latest image is another demonstration of the invaluable assistance the...

PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captured the Curiosity rover still connected to its 51-foot (almost 16 meter)-wide parachute as it descended toward its landing site at Gale Crater Sunday. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) "If HiRISE took the image one second before or one second after, we probably would be...

BRISTOL, Pa., Aug. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As the Mars rover Curiosity begins its journey across the red planet's surface searching for signs of sustained microbial life, DUNMORE Corporation's high-performance thin films will protect its sensitive wiring from the Martian environment's radiation, harsh temperature swings and electromagnetic interference. The Curiosity, part of the Mars Science Laboratory program, touched down on Mars Sunday evening after an eight-and-a half-month...

[ Watch the Video: Curiosity Lands On Mars ] Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online NASA continued to add to its running story about man’s exploration of Mars Sunday night, as its latest rover Curiosity successfully landed on the Red Planet. The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) entered the Martian atmosphere at 13,000 mph on Sunday night, delivering the rover to its new home planet. Here at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, everyone let out a sigh of relief and cheered as...

The Television Special Martian Mega Rover Follows NASA Engineers' Eight-Year Mission to Build, Launch and Land the Most Complicated Rover to Date Martian Mega Rover Premieres Thursday, August 9, 2012, at 10 p.m. ET/PT WASHINGTON, Aug. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- At 1:24 a.m. Eastern time on Monday, August 6,( )2012, the Mars Science Laboratory, a.k.a. the Curiosity rover, is scheduled to hit the top of the Martian atmosphere at 13,000 mph. Seven minutes later, the world will...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA's newest Mars mission, landing in three days, will draw on support from missions sent to Mars years ago and will contribute to missions envisioned for future decades. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) "Curiosity is a bold step forward in learning about our neighboring planet, but this mission does not stand alone. It is part of a sustained, coordinated program of Mars exploration," said Doug...

[ Watch the Video "Seven Minutes of Terror" ] Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online As NASA's Mars Science Laboratory gets closer to the Red Planet by the second, other countries are preparing to help aid the space agency in the difficult landing. The Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC), managed for NASA by CSIRO in Australia, will be the main tracking station for the landing. The Australian dishes will be the ones following MSL's mission when it...

[ Watch the Video "Seven Minutes of Terror" ] Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A new monumental moment is approaching as the newest Martian rover closes in on its journey towards the Red Planet. Curiosity has been trekking through space since last November, and will be completing its 352-million-mile journey on August 5, 10:31 Pacific time. This Sunday, redOrbit will be bringing you live coverage of the event, nicknamed "seven minutes of terror," from the Jet...