Curiosity "right on target" for precision Martian landing

Written by: William Atkins | Published in: SpaceAs of Saturday, August 4, 2012, NASA is confirming that the Curiosity rover is "right on target to fly through the eye of a needle " for a landing on the planet Mars at 1:17 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on Monday, August 6, 2012.

Written by: William Atkins | Published in: SpaceNASA has sent the Mars rover Curiosity on its first road trip. On Wednesday, August 29, 2012, NASA announced that Curiosity is on its way to Glenelg.

Featured | Written by: William Atkins | Published in: SpaceThe Curiosity science team voted, on August 22, 2012, to name the landing site of Curiosity the "Bradbury Landing" after late science fiction writer Ray Bradbury.

Written by: William Atkins | Published in: SpaceDo you want to know just how NASA's Curiosity rover will land on Mars? See the dramatic video that provides an up-close look at the many different, but highly sophisticated ways that must be used to get the rover safely to the Martian surface.

Written by: William Atkins | Published in: SpaceDo you want to know just how NASA's Curiosity rover will land on Mars? See the dramatic video that provides an up-close look at the many different, but highly sophisticated ways that must be used to get the rover safely to the Martian surface.

Written by: David Heath | Published in: SpaceWant to watch the landing (or otherwise) of NASA's Curiosity Rover on Mars? We show you how.

Written by: William Atkins | Published in: SpaceNASA has released a remarkable set of photographs from the Curiosity rover as the mobile laboratory begins its exploration of the planet Mars.

Written by: William Atkins | Published in: SpaceThe NASA Curiosity rover has taken what is considered the clearest image of the surface of Mars ever taken.

Written by: William Atkins | Published in: SpaceThe Mars rover Curiosity successfully landed on Mars and with it the Seven Minutes of Terror turned into the Seven Minutes of Triumph.