Curiosity Rover Launches To Mars

NASA Mars Rover Exploring Spiderweb-Like Patterns on Mars
There's no shortage of cool features of mysterious origins to be found on the surface of Mars, but the next one that NASA scientists have in their crosshairs is definitely one to keep your eyes peeled for.
What are spider webs on Mars that NASA’s Curiosity Rover might likely explore
Twelve years after landing on Mars, Curiosity Rover is investigating peculiar 'boxwork' formations on Mount Sharp. These giant spiderweb-like patterns, possibly formed by evaporating water, may hold clues to past microbial life,
On This Day: NASA launches Curiosity rover to look for life on Mars
In 2011, the United States launched an Atlas V rocket to look for life on Mars. Aboard was the rover Curiosity, which would explore the planet, searching for signs of life. In 2023, Irish writer Paul Lynch won the Booker Prize for his dystopian novel Prophet Song, a fictional account of tyranny and war described as "soul shattering."
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A groundbreaking find on Mars sparks debate among scientists — could these organic molecules be a clue to life on the Red Planet, or something else?
NASA's Curiosity rover captures 360-degree view of Mars — and finds strange sulfur stones
The Mars rover, built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), has slowly scaled Mount Sharp since 2014. This mountain, officially monikered "Aeolis Mons," was discovered in the 1970s; cut into its alien landscape is the boulder-packed Gediz Vallis channel, which some scientists believe to be an ancient river bed.
On This Day, Nov. 26: NASA launches Curiosity rover to look for life on Mars
In 1789, U.S. President George Washington declared Nov. 26, 1789, to be Thanksgiving Day. It was the first U.S. holiday by presidential proclamation. In 1922, in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, British archaeologists Howard Carter and George Carnarvon became the first humans to enter King Tutankhamen's treasure-laden tomb in more than 3,000 years.
Next stop for Curiosity rover? 'Spiderwebs' on Martian mountain
Right now the rover is traveling along the western edge of Gediz Vallis. It is making its way towards the web formations and scientists are intrigued by the discoveries waiting to be made.
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Time-Lapse Of Mars Helicopter Ingenuity's 32nd And 33rd Flight
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