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Mars orbiter snaps 1st image of Curiosity rover driving on the Red Planet (photo)
By Mike Wall published
A NASA Mars orbiter recently spotted the Curiosity rover driving across the Red Planet's surface, capturing an unprecedented off-Earth action shot.

NASA's Curiosity rover finds major clue that Mars was once habitable
By Victoria Corless published
NASA's Curiosity rover has found iron-rich carbonates on Mars — a major clue that the Red Planet used to be habitable.

NASA's Perseverance rover hits the Mars rock gold mine: 'It has been all we had hoped for and more'
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
NASA's Perseverance rover is reveling in a scientific bonanza on Mars after finding a diverse array of rocks that are providing eager scientists a glimpse into the planet's ancient history.

Curiosity rover rolls past 'Devil's Gate' on Mars: Space picture of the day
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
While ascending Mount Sharp, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has had to swing around a small ridgeline dubbed "Devil’s Gate."

NASA's Perseverance rover watches as 2 Mars dust devils merge into 1 (video)
By Samantha Mathewson published
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured a giant dust devil devouring a smaller storm swirling closely behind on the rim of Jezero Crater.

Europe's life-hunting ExoMars rover gets new landing platform to replace canceled Russian craft
By Mike Wall published
The European Space Agency has picked Airbus to build the landing platform for the life-hunting ExoMars rover Rosalind Franklin, which is scheduled to launch in 2028.

Strange sphere-studded rock on Mars found by NASA's Perseverance rover
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
NASA's Perseverance rover has encountered another rock on Mars that has left scientists puzzled.

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover discovers evidence of ripples from an ancient Red Planet lake (images)
By Stefanie Waldek published
Rippled textures in a shallow lake bed on Mars indicate that ice-free liquid water once pooled here.

Perseverance rover's Mars samples show traces of ancient water, but NASA needs them on Earth to seek signs of life
By Victoria Corless published
Scientists are cataloging and analyzing the first samples collected by NASA's Perseverance rover while the agency weighs its options for returning them to Earth.
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