While drilling has fractured rocks, this is the first time the instrument has ever accidentally pulled a whole chunk from the ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover had an unexpectedly stubborn Mars souvenir after drilling into a rock nicknamed “Atacama” — the entire ...

The team recorded a total of 478 different organisms, including comb jellies, arrowworms, snailfish and shrimp. In one clip, ...

Rock extraction success: Curiosity dislodged the 'Atacama' rock on May 1 after it clamped to the drill during an April 25 sampling attempt. Six-day engineering push: NASA engineers tested multiple ...

Curiosity rover shook loose a 28-pound rock lodged on its drill, a first for the mission that’s been exploring Mars for more ...

It’s tough being a robot trekking along the dry, arid terrain of another planet with no humans around. NASA’s Curiosity rover ...

The Curiosity rover conducted a first-of-its kind experiment on Mars, detecting organic molecules that have never been observed before on the red planet.

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover took this selfie at a location nicknamed "Mary Anning" after a 19th century English paleontologist. This was the site of the chemical experiment uncove ...

Rock halts rover: A 29-pound rock became stuck on Curiosity's drill during an April 25 sampling, halting science operations for six days. Engineers' remote fix: NASA teams used tilting, rotating, and ...