While the cosmic-ray problems that Curiosity Rover is facing are many times worse than anything you’d see here on earth, they’re also the kind of problem that chipmakers are increasingly having to confront as they build smaller and smaller components.

By Comrade MisfitWhile the religious whackaloons have been stuffing themselves full of chicken sandwiches to show their support of Chick-Fil-A’s homophobic agenda, science has been busy.In probably the longest-term space research project ever, the da…

If you were watching the coverage of NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover landing on Aug. 5, it was hard to miss all the peanut-munching going on in mission control. It’s just one of a slew of superstitious NASA traditions, and the Russians have more than their share of them too.

As every space enthusiast knows, within 20 years we will land people on Mars. Here we take a look a historical look at Mars plans both crazy and sane and the few that really stood a good chance at becoming reality.

An on-going collection of the best images from NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory’s Curiosity Rover – the seventh such vehicle to explore the Red Planet.

A party at the Hotel Ocho watched on as NASA landed Curiosity, its new rover, on the surface of Mars.

Above the din of celebration in the seconds following the NASA rover Curiosity’s descent onto the surface of Mars early Monday morning, there was the sound of an exultant, unidentifiable voice. It clarified any confusion about how successful the mission had been, while framing the event in a topical metaphor: “If this were gymnastics,” the [...]

This video captures the final few minutes of the Curiosity rover’s white-knuckle thrill ride as it fell toward the surface of Mars.

It was exciting.  The last 14 minutes were nail biting and I am so glad everything went well.  The NASA team was ecstatic and the hugs and high 5s went on endlessly.  Why can’t mankind just go for these kind of achievements instead of g…

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has snapped a picture of the Curiosity rover’s nail-biting and extremely successful descent.

NASA’s Curiosity rover survives the “seven minutes of terror” to land safely on the surface of Mars.

By Michael J.W. StickingsIt has already landed. All we’re waiting for now is confirmation, for a signal.And then for the first pictures sent back to Earth from the rover Curiosity, the main part of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission.It’s 1:25 am…

Check out four amazing live feeds as NASA’s newest rover, Curiosity, prepares to descend to the Martian surface. Coverage begins at 8 p.m. Pacific (11 p.m. Eastern).

Curiosity will land on Mars at approx. 1.30 AM tomorrow morning.  This will be the best ever probe sent to Mars.

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Get a rundown of the history of robotic exploration on Mars and hear why NASA’s newest Mars rover, Curiosity, is the greatest rover yet in this live show from the Slooh Space Camera collaboration starting at 2 p.m. Pacific/5 Eastern.

The moment is almost here. In just a couple days, NASA’s new Mars rover, Curiosity, will begin its descent to the Martian surface and hopefully start beaming back amazing images and data. Here’s how to watch the exciting event live online.

NASA’s newest rover, Curiosity, is a lean, mean, science-making machine. Here, we take a look at the 10 state-of-the-art instruments that will be helping the rover make the next breakthroughs on Mars.

Photos that show the American flags left behind on the Moon by the Apollo missions don’t convince conspiracy theorists.

Learn all the exciting new discoveries that scientists are hoping NASA’s new Mars Rover, Curiosity, will make, during this live show from the Slooh Space Camera collaboration starting at 2 p.m. Pacific/5 Eastern.

Getting to Mars is hard. With the upcoming Mars Science Laboratory scheduled to land on Aug. 5, we take a look at the many, many failed attempts to send probes to the Red Planet.

Get the latest scoop on NASA’s new Mars rover, Curiosity, with this live show from the Slooh Space Camera collaboration starting at 2 p.m. Pacific/5 Eastern.