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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Had a Martian Rock Stuck on Its Arm for Days. Watch It Finally Shake the Stubborn Stone Off

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 Got Its Drill Stuck on a Rock. Here’s How They Freed It

While it has enabled many exciting discoveries, the Curiosity Rover has also encountered its share of setbacks. The latest ...
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NASA’s Curiosity rover accidentally pulled up a 29-pound Mars rock that held it hostage for nearly a week

On May 11, 2026, NASA released a series of images capturing a genuinely odd moment on Mars. The Curiosity rover, a machine ...
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Curiosity Rover Detects More Than 20 Organic Molecules in 3.5-Billion-Year-Old Martian Rock

NASA’s Curiosity rover detected more than 20 complex organic molecules in 3.5-billion-year-old clay-bearing rock inside Gale ...

Video reveals heavy years of wear on Mars rover's wheels

NASA's Curiosity rover has been exploring Mars for 14 years. See a new timelapse showing six years of wear and tear on its ...
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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Finds Clues That Water on Mars Lasted Longer Than Thought

You’ve probably followed the Mars rover missions on and off for years, watching those red-dust landscapes scroll across your TV screen and wondering: Could something have lived there once? Now, after ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover had a Martian rock stuck on its arm for days; here’s how it finally came off

A routine drilling operation on Mars rarely sounds dramatic, but even small moments can turn unusual in ways scientists do ...

Chilling 'spiderwebs on Mars' hold the key to ancient alien life, NASA scientists believe

NASA's Curiosity rover has photographed extraordinary spiderweb-like formations on Mars that scientists believe could hold ...