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Mars fan creates detailed 360-degree panorama from Curiosity pics

Tuesday, August 14, 2012 - 9:43am

Since Curiosity landed on Mars, the rover's been busy beaming back photos for us earthlings to salivate over. One fan took the high-res photos that Curiosity shot from its second day on Mars and stitched them into a 360-degree interactive panorama. This is probably the closest you'll ever get to visiting Mars — for now, anyway.

See Mars come to life in 79-image color mosaic from Curiosity

Raymond Wong

Monday, August 13, 2012 - 3:59pm

To put all the megapixel nuts in their place, NASA's released this high-resolution color mosaic of Mars stitched together from 79 photos. We can't remember the last time we were so enchanted by rocky mesas.

If Curiosity was a smartphone, its specs would be laughable

Raymond Wong

Friday, August 10, 2012 - 1:28pm

Did you look at the "high-res" photo of Mars that Curiosity shot and wonder how many gigahertz and megapixels it took to get that photo? We advise you to sit down, because the 2,000-pound rover's guts are pretty weak compared to today's powerful smartphones and tablets.

Image of the Day: Curiosity kicks back higher res view of Mars

Kevin Hall

Thursday, August 9, 2012 - 9:09am

Ever since its dramatic, flawless landing on Mars, Curiosity has been busy, well, being a bit of an interplanetary tourist. And who wouldn't go a little camera crazy on the surface of Mars? Here's one of the latest images from the rover: the crispest image yet of the terrain around it.

Colonies on Mars only '12 to 15 years' away, Elon Musk says

Kevin Hall

Wednesday, August 8, 2012 - 4:03pm

Elon Musk, who helped launch PayPal, Tesla Motors and most recently SpaceX, is pretty dang serious about getting our asses to Mars. Before Curiosity, colonies on Mars were knocked back to the 2030s — or beyond, even. Now? We may only have to wait "12 to 15 years."

Postcard from Mars: Curiosity sends back first color landscape

Kevin Hall

Tuesday, August 7, 2012 - 7:39am

Sol 1 marks the first day of operations for NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars. To usher in the start of its 98-week mission, Curiosity was kind enough to send along the first color photo of the Martian landscape around it since landing.

Mars satellite captures best Curiosity shot yet

Kevin Hall

Monday, August 6, 2012 - 9:53am

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory couldn't have hoped for a more perfect Mars landing for Curiosity. The complex descent went off without a hitch, and not only did Curiosity start sending postcards from Mars immediately, but the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter had a surprise for the world, too.

Lego Curiosity Rover recreates the Mars trip a bit closer to home

Michael Trei

Monday, August 6, 2012 - 3:38am

The amazing Curiosity Rover landed safely on the surface of Mars just a few hours ago, so now we're anxious to see how this puppy works once they get it out and running around on the Martian surface.

Curiosity enjoys flawless landing on Mars

Amy Shira Teitel

Sunday, August 5, 2012 - 11:38pm

It's not often you get to sit and watch history being made, but that's what happened tonight. Curiosity landed on the surface of Mars, inside Gale Crater, with the most complicated and sophisticated landing system ever sent to the red planet. The mission's complexity has been likened to Apollo 11's landing on the Moon in 1969.

Gallery: The beautiful and bizarre landscapes of Mars

Evan Ackerman

Friday, August 3, 2012 - 6:44am

Mars is an alien place. In some ways, it's a lot like Earth: there are processes (both geologic and atmospheric) that are continually reshaping the Martian surface. These processes are much, much different on Mars, however, leading to landscapes unlike anything you've ever seen.

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MARS stories

Mars fan creates detailed 360-degree panorama from Curiosity pics

See Mars come to life in 79-image color mosaic from Curiosity

If Curiosity was a smartphone, its specs would be laughable

Image of the Day: Curiosity kicks back higher res view of Mars

Colonies on Mars only '12 to 15 years' away, Elon Musk says

Postcard from Mars: Curiosity sends back first color landscape

Mars satellite captures best Curiosity shot yet

Lego Curiosity Rover recreates the Mars trip a bit closer to home

Curiosity enjoys flawless landing on Mars

Gallery: The beautiful and bizarre landscapes of Mars

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