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Monday, December 3, 2012

What Did NASA Find on Mars?

One science journalist says he has an idea of what it will be.

NASA says it will release what's being called a noteworthy finding by the Curiosity rover now investigating the surface of Mars on Monday, Dec. 3. Rumors began flying after chief Curiosity scientist John Grotzinger was quoted by NPR as saying that the rover had recently gathered data "for the history books." However, NASA downplayed expectations in a statement Friday. "Rumors and speculation that there are major new findings from the mission at this early stage are incorrect," officials at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory wrote. "At this point in the mission, the instruments on the rover have not detected any definitive evidence of Martian organics." JPL officials added that the announcement, set for noon at the fall meeting of the …

Monday, August 6, 2012

'Curiosity' Has Successful Landing on Mars

The NASA vehicle beams back images from the Red Planet after landing early Monday.

The NASA rover Curiosity successfully carried out a challenging landing on Mars early Monday, Aug. 6, transmitting images back to Earth after traveling hundreds of millions of miles through space, according to media reports. The $2.6 billion rover made its dramatic arrival on Martian terrain in a spectacle popularly known as the "seven minutes of terror," according to CNN.com. Do you think NASA should continue to fund Mars projects? Tell us in the comments below. The initial images that the SUV-sized rover sent back to Earth were black and white and grainy, but one showed its wheel resting on the stony ground and the vehicle's shadow appeared in another. Larger color images are expected later in the week, NASA said. The spacecraft had been…

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