NASA’s latest Mars lander transformed an engineering team’s high-risk brainstorming into reality on Sunday, safely lowering the rover into Mars’ Gale Crater. See the top topography of Mars as captured by the HiRise camera …
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Mars Curiosity Rover: Wheels Down on the Red Planet
The rover pulls off an improbable landing — and fires up its instruments for two years of research
An Inside Look at the Mars Curiosity Rover
NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission set down a large mobile laboratory, the rover Curiosity, using precision-landing technology that makes many of Mars’ most intriguing regions viable destinations for the first time. …
How to Experience the Curiosity Rover’s Mars Landing Online
Early Monday morning, the Curiosity rover will attempt to land on Mars. Luckily, NASA is making it pretty easy to follow along online.
Window on Infinity: Pictures From Space
Stunning images of the sun, Earth and far-away locales in our roundup of cosmic views from July 2012.
Explore NASA’s Kennedy Space Center with Google Street View
Neil deGrasse Tyson on the Future of U.S. Space Exploration After Curiosity
Techland asked famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson during Gizmodo and io9′s First Comes the Dream event at the American Museum of Natural History, where Dr. Tyson presides as director of the Hayden Planetarium
The Coolest Mars Landing Ever Attempted
Touching down on another planet has never been easy, but the Curiosity rover takes it another step.
Starstruck: Three Little Exoplanets All in a Row
Not all solar systems are as tidy as ours, but a new discovery means we’re not quite so alone anymore
The Rise of the Spacewoman: 10 Women Who Conquered the Final Frontier
Riding rocket ships was once an all-boys’ game. Valentina Tereshkova changed that for the Russians and Sally Ride changed it for the U.S. With the passing of Ride, here’s a look at some of those who came before and followed.