This video of Curiosity's descent on Mars is awesome. If you've been following the Curiosity adventure, you'll probably notice that it's based on NASA's original 4 frames per second (fps) video of ...

Barreling in from space at 13,000 mph before stopping a mere 25 feet above the ground would make anyone want to catch their breath, and NASA’s Curiosity rover is no exception. Now that the “Seven ...

Thanks for following along! View the latest Curiosity stories here. [11:30 a.m.] NASA has released a photo showing Curiosity landing via a supersonic parachute. • View large photo: “Orbiter spots ...

NASA releases a low-resolution video showing the last 2 1/2 minutes of its white-knuckle dive through the Mars atmosphere, giving Earthlings a sneak peek of a spacecraft landing on another world.

Thirteen years ago last August, I was camped out in NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory press room in Pasadena, Calif. , waiting ...

As of this posting, we are just 2 days, 12 hours, and thirty minutes away from the Curiosity rover making touchdown on Mars. We’re excited. NASA’s excited. Even ...

The $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory rover is closing in on the Red Planet for a white-knuckle descent to the surface using an untried "sky crane" technique to ensure a pinpoint landing on the ...

A short, low resolution video captured the final minutes of Mars rover Curiosity’s descent onto the planet. At the beginning of the clip the 15-foot wide heat shield can be seen separating from the ...

PASADENA, Calif.— A stunning new video shot by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity captures the huge robot's nail-biting journey to the Red Planet's surface Sunday (Aug. 5). Subscribe to read this story ...