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NASA Curiosity 360º Video Wants to Take you to Mars

The Curiosity Rover is still up there right now cruising around the surface of Mars doing its sciency stuff. It’s picking up dirt, checking it for microbes or water, and taking some really cool selfies. The latest video that NASA has offered up from the Red Planet is one that…

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DIY RC Curiosity Rover is Ready to Explore Your Backyard

Hardware and software developer Sergey Grishchenko made this small remote-controlled model of NASA’s Curiosity rover from scratch. Sergey designed and printed most of the toy’s non-electronic parts, including the wheels and the claw arm. Sergey used a LinkIt One computer to power his mini Curiosity. He operates the toy via…

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NASA Curiosity Rover Watches Mercury for the First Time

NASA has been cruising around the surface of Mars with the Curiosity rover for a while now, performing all sorts of experiments and research. Curiosity has taken selfies, analyzed rocks, and searched for life on the barren red planet. Recently NASA used Curiosity for something new, to take pictures of…

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LEGO Mars Curiosity Rover Lands on New Year’s Day

Here’s a new year’s gift from LEGO that fans will appreciate. Start off 2014 with bricks, not a bang! This super sweet NASA Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover launches on New Year’s Day. Prepare to spend the day building it in your LEGO lair.…

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Curiosity Hits the Road after Software Glitch Grounded it for a Week

NASA isn’t immune to software glitches that can cause some of its incredibly expensive hardware to stop functioning. Such was the case about a week ago when a software update caused a fault on the Curiosity Mars rover, leaving it immobile for almost a week. NASA has announced today that…

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NASA Unveils Photo of Curiosity Parachuting Towards Mars

If you follow space and science at all, or watch the news, undoubtedly you would’ve heard by now that NASA was successful in putting the Curiosity Rover on the surface of Mars yesterday. NASA has released a cool photograph of the Curiosity rover taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The…

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NASA Promotes Mars Curiosity Rover with Star Trek Actors

NASA is milking the coming landing of the Curiosity rover for all it’s worth with numerous videos to get people excited about the Rover landing on the surface of the red planet. The nuclear powered Curiosity Rover is set to touch down on the surface of Mars, if all goes…

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Curiosity Makes Its Final Flight Path Tweak before Landing

If you follow the space program at all, you probably know that NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory, known as Curiosity, is on its way to the red planet. Curiosity is scheduled to touch down on the surface of Mars at 1:31 AM EDT on Monday, August 6. NASA has announced that…

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NASA Curiosity 360º Video Wants to Take you to Mars

DIY RC Curiosity Rover is Ready to Explore Your Backyard

NASA Curiosity Rover Watches Mercury for the First Time

LEGO Mars Curiosity Rover Lands on New Year’s Day

Curiosity Hits the Road after Software Glitch Grounded it for a Week

NASA Unveils Photo of Curiosity Parachuting Towards Mars

NASA Promotes Mars Curiosity Rover with Star Trek Actors

Curiosity Makes Its Final Flight Path Tweak before Landing

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