The discovery of a collection of strange spherical objects on Mars has caused a stir over at NASA. Despite all the fuss made over the Curiosity rover in recent months, the discovery has actually…
Tag: Mars
Curiosity from above
This image blew me away… This was taken from the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter where you can clearly see the progress that the Curiosity Rover has made.
Curiosity’s Martian Landscape Shot
NASA’s rover Curiosity has sent back a stunning image from the surface of Mars, shot from the rover’s 100mm camera. The image shows Mount Sharp, near Curiosity’s landing site. Quite beautiful, wouldn’t…
Curiosity Rover Report – 24th August
NASA have released a video to update us earthlings as to what the Curiosity Rover has been up yo on Mars this week, check out the video below for full details;
Curiosity Descent in HD
A high-definition video, created from picture stills as Curiosity made its descent towards Mars, has been released on YouTube. As one of the top commenters stated, for some reason, you expect there…
Curiosity fired its frickin’ lazer beam
The BBC reported late last night that the Curiosity rover has successfully fired it’s lazer beam as a test to see if the instrument was working. It’s target was a small stone…
We’re NASA and We Know It…
Found this video on the internet this morning, if any of you are looking for a bit of a laugh check out the video below.
High Resolution Photo of Curiosity on Mars
Wow, just wow! This is an amzing picture of Curiosity’s wheel on the surface of Mars, this is an incredible image of the martian ground and as time goes on more amazing…
New Video and Images from Curiosity
I have been following the Mars rover Curiosity since launch last year, I watched the successful landing yesterday and now I am in amazement of some of the images and video that…
Clip of the week – Jeff Wayne: War of the Worlds
Mars has been a popular topic this past week, so I thought an appropriate clip of the week would be the soundtrack to War of the Worlds by Jeff Wayne. It is…
Curiosity Has Landed
Congratulations to NASA and the entire team behind the Curiosity Rover trip to Mars. At 05.32 GMT, Curiosity successfully landed on the surface of Mars. Â I was watching it live on NASA…
Curiosity Landing Interactive Simulation
NASA have released an interactive simulation of the Curiosity descent and landing online, for those of you scientifically minded. You control the camera and speed of time of the landing, as the rover touches…