Countdown to Mars: An MSL Photo Album
News Writer: Marcus WooCredit: NASA/JPL-CaltechOver the past several years, the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft—from the heat shield to the rover to the supersonic parachute—has gone through...
View ArticleCountdown to Mars: Caltech goes to the Red Planet
News Writer: Marcus WooOn Sunday, August 5, the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover, known as Curiosity, will make its dramatic descent onto Mars's surface. Once it lands, the rover will check its...
View ArticleCountdown to Mars: What to Expect on Landing Night
News Writer: Kimm FesenmaierCredit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA's Mars Science Laboratory, a rover known as Curiosity, is scheduled to land on the surface of the Red Planet on Sunday, August 5. Mission...
View ArticleHome Sweet Mars
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory successfully lands on the red planetNews Writer: Kimm FesenmaierThe "seven minutes of terror" are over, and members of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) team have...
View ArticleNow On Mars: "A One-Ton, Automobile-Sized Piece of American Ingenuity"
News Writer: Kimm FesenmaierThe Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter snapped this shot of the MSL spacecraft with its parachute deployed as it headed toward a successful landing. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ....
View ArticleKeeping Up with Curiosity
News Writer: Kimm FesenmaierTwo full-resolution images from Curiosity's navigation camera, stitched together. The rim of Gale Crater can be seen in the distance. The foreground shows two distinct zones...
View ArticlePresident Obama Calls to Congratulate Curiosity's Team
News Writer: Kimm FesenmaierPresident Barack Obama called the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Monday morning to congratulate the Mars Science Laboratory team on the successful landing of Curiosity on the red...
View ArticleMars Rover Finds Evidence of Ancient Streambed
News Writer: Kimm FesenmaierNASA's Curiosity rover found evidence for an ancient, flowing stream on Mars at a few sites, including the rock outcrop pictured here, which the science team has named...
View ArticleHow I Landed on Mars
Caltech graduate students on the MSL mission drive science, the rover, and their careersNews Writer: Shayna Chabner McKinneyCaltech graduate students Lauren Edgar (left) and Katie Stack (right) are...
View ArticleMars Science Laboratory: The Search for Habitable Environments
Watson Lecture PreviewNews Writer: Douglas SmithCredit: JPL John Grotzinger, Caltech’s Fletcher Jones Professor of Geology, is the project scientist for JPL’s newest Mars rover—Curiosity, the Mars...
View ArticleScientists Find a Martian Igneous Rock that is Surprisingly Earth-like
News Writer: Kathy SvitilImage of the martian rock "Jake Matijevic" obtained by Curiosity's Mast CameraCredit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSSA Caltech-led team of Mars Science Laboratory scientists has found...
View ArticleFirst Papers from Curiosity
News Writer: Kathy SvitilCuriosity Self-Portrait at 'John Klein'Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS The first papers from the Mars Science Laboratory mission are now available online.
View ArticleFirst Rock Dating Experiment Performed on Mars
News Writer: Jessica Stoller-ConradAn image from the Curiosity rover's Front Hazard-Avoidance Camera shows the rover drilling into its second rock target, "Cumberland."Credit: NASA/JPL-CaltechAlthough...
View ArticleNew Curiosity Papers Published
News Writer: Allison BenterCuriosity Self-Portrait at 'John Klein'Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS New research articles on the Mars Science Laboratory mission have recently been published.
View ArticleGrotzinger Steps Down as Curiosity’s Project Scientist
News Writer: Lori DajoseJohn Grotzinger, Caltech's Fletcher Jones Professor of Geology and former Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) project scientist, on the left; Ashwin Vasavada (PhD '98), the new MSL...
View ArticleMike Brown's "Living Textbook"
News Writer: Douglas SmithCaltech planetary science professor Mike Brown.Credit: Lance Hayashida/Caltech Office of Strategic CommunicationsFeynman Teaching Award winner Mike Brown ventures into new...
View ArticleExploration & Collaboration: The JPL-Caltech Connection
News Writer: Lori DajoseVIEW FULL-SIZE IMAGECredit: CaltechCaltech's partnership with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has made possible countless discoveries about our universe—how and why black holes...
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