India to have five rocket launches, including Mars mission, in 2013

07 May, 2013, 11:58 am IST Science and Technology

Includes the launch of communication satellite G-Sat 14 using heavier rocket - Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) - powered with a domestic cryogenic engine More

Curiosity rover ready to eat, analyse Martian rock powder

21 Feb, 2013, 10:41 am IST Science and Technology

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity, dispatched to learn if the planet ever had ingredients for life, drilled its first bit of powder from inside a potentially water-formed ancient rock... More

Curiosity rover gets first Mars rock samples

11 Feb, 2013, 9:56 am IST Science and Technology

NASA's Curiosity rover has become the first spacecraft ever to drill into a Martian rock and collect stone powder samples for further study, NASA said... More

NASA's Mars rover finds traces of carbon - one essential for life

04 Dec, 2012, 10:17 am IST Science and Technology

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity, dispatched to look for the chemical ingredients and environments for microbial life, has found traces of... More

Mars rover team may reveal major discovery soon

22 Nov, 2012, 10:47 am IST Science and Technology

The Curiosity Mars rover has made a potentially explosive discovery, but NASA scientists are keeping it under ... More

Mars rover still sniffing for elusive methane

03 Nov, 2012, 9:43 am IST Science and Technology

Initial analysis of the atmosphere of Mars from NASA's rover Curiosity has shown no sign of methane, a gas detected previously by remote sensors ... More

NASA rover finds old streambed on Mars

28 Sep, 2012, 2:24 pm IST Science and Technology

Mars rover Curiosity has found definitive proof that water once ran across the surface of Mars, US space agency NASA announced... More

Curiosity makes maiden move on Mars

23 Aug, 2012, 1:33 pm IST Science and Technology

Mars rover Curiosity has made its first move on the Red Planet, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) said.Curiosity's maiden drive combined ... More

NASA unveils Mars rover Curiosity's travel plans

18 Aug, 2012, 11:24 am IST Science and Technology

NASA on Friday unveiled plans for its Mars rover Curiosity's first road trip, part of a two-year quest to determine if the planet most like Earth could ... More

NASA completes 'brain transplant' on Curiosity rover

16 Aug, 2012, 4:02 pm IST Science and Technology 1 Comments

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, has announced that it has completed... More

Curiosity snaps first panorama of Gale Crater

10 Aug, 2012, 6:30 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Science and Technology

Curiosity, the car-sized rover has sent across a cut-out of what is the first color panorama image of its surroundings, while in the Gale Crater... More

NASA Curiosity rover sends back 1st color picture

08 Aug, 2012, 10:19 am IST Science and Technology

NASA's Curiosity rover has transmitted its first color photo and a low-resolution video showing the last 2 1/2 .... More

NASA mission gives a peek of rover's Mars journey

08 Aug, 2012, 10:15 am IST Science and Technology

NASA's latest adventure to Mars has given the world more than just glimpses of a new alien landscape. More

When haircut threatened to overshadow Mars landing

07 Aug, 2012, 6:36 pm IST General

A NASA technician's haircut has become an instant hit on internet and overshadowed the Mars landing of the ... More

NASA releases low-res video of Mars rover descent

07 Aug, 2012, 10:31 am IST General

NASA has released a low-resolution video of the Curiosity rover during the final few minutes of its descent to the Martian surface. The video showed ... More

Mars rover Curiosity nears make-or-break landing attempt

06 Aug, 2012, 10:18 am IST General

The Mars rover Curiosity, on a quest for signs the Red Planet once hosted the building blocks of life, streaked into the home stretch of its eight-month voyage on Sunday nearing a More

Rover to probe whether Mars was life-friendly in the past

06 Aug, 2012, 9:55 am IST General

NASA plans to follow up a decade-long search for Mars' lost water with a mission to learn whether the Red Planet once harbored other ingredients necessary for life. More

Mars rover landing to be broadcast live

01 Aug, 2012, 12:09 pm IST General

NASA's Curiosity rover will land on the Martian surface at 0531 GMT Aug 6 and the landing process will be broadcast live from the New York City More

NASA rover closing in on Mars to hunt for life clues

30 Jul, 2012, 10:14 am IST General

NASA's Mars rover was on its final approach to the red planet on Sunday, heading toward a mountain that may hold clues about whether life has ever ... More

NASA and Microsoft team up for Mars Rover game

18 Jul, 2012, 4:25 pm IST Aneez Shaikh Xbox 360 1 Comments

NASA has teamed up with Microsoft to release a game for the Xbox 360 called Mars Rover Landing. The Kinect-controlled game will have players attempting... More