While drilling has fractured rocks, this is the first time the instrument has ever accidentally pulled a whole chunk from the ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has been exploring Mars for 14 years. See a new timelapse showing six years of wear and tear on its ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover had an unexpectedly stubborn Mars souvenir after drilling into a rock nicknamed “Atacama” — the entire ...

It took a week of waving the arm on which the drill was mounted for the rogue rock to finally drop back to the Martian ...

Rock extraction success: Curiosity dislodged the 'Atacama' rock on May 1 after it clamped to the drill during an April 25 sampling attempt. Six-day engineering push: NASA engineers tested multiple ...

The Curiosity rover conducted a first-of-its kind experiment on Mars, detecting organic molecules that have never been observed before on the red planet.

It’s tough being a robot trekking along the dry, arid terrain of another planet with no humans around. NASA’s Curiosity rover ...

Curiosity rover shook loose a 28-pound rock lodged on its drill, a first for the mission that’s been exploring Mars for more ...

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has spent more than 13 years exploring the 3.5-billion-year-old Gale crater, slowly climbing a central mound known as Mount Sharp. Satellite data suggest this formation may ...

Rock halts rover: A 29-pound rock became stuck on Curiosity's drill during an April 25 sampling, halting science operations for six days. Engineers' remote fix: NASA teams used tilting, rotating, and ...