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On Aug. 9, 2020, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover photographed a dust devil moving through Gale Crater, at the border between the darker and lighter slopes. 

Mars dust devil! Curiosity rover spots Red Planet twister (photos)

By Mike Wall published

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has spotted a dust devil swirling through the parched Red Planet landscape.

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A self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover taken on June 15, 2018. A Martian dust storm had reduced sunlight and visibility at the rover's location in Gale Crater at the time.

Happy anniversary, Curiosity! NASA rover marks 8 years on Mars

By Mike Wall published

NASA's car-size Curiosity rover celebrates eight years on the Red Planet today (Aug. 5), less than a week after the Perseverance rover took flight toward Mars.

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Artist's concept of NASA's Curiosity rover approaching Mars. Curiosity is slated to land on the Red Planet in August 2012.

The boldest Mars missions in history

By Space.com Staff, Tom Chao last updated

Earth has been sending probes to Mars for decades, and some missions are especially awe-inspiring.

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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover took this selfie on Feb. 26, 2020. The crumbling rock layer at the top of the image is the Greenheugh Pediment, which Curiosity crested on March 6.

NASA budget cuts at Mars threaten 'crisis' for Curiosity rover and prolific orbiters

By Mike Wall published

Budget cuts may force NASA's Curiosity rover mission to slam on the brakes just as it's reaching its highly anticipated home stretch.

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Members of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover mission team took photos of themselves on March 20, 2020, the first day they all worked remotely.

How do you drive a Mars rover from home? Don't worry, NASA's got this.

By Chelsea Gohd published

Imagine trying to control a Mars rover from your living room — that's what the team behind NASA's Curiosity rover is doing right now.

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A portion of a 1.8-billion-pixel panorama whose composite images were captured by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover between Nov. 24 and Dec. 1, 2019.

See Mars like never before in this highest-resolution panorama ever from the Curiosity rover

By Mike Wall published

The Curiosity team just released a 1.8-billion-pixel panorama that features "Glen Torridon," a region on the flanks of Mars' 3.4-mile-high (5.5 kilometers) Mount Sharp.

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This image by one of the Curiosity Mars rover’s hazard cameras shows the robot’s arm extended out to perform an analysis of the bedrock. Curiosity has to know the exact angle of every joint to move safely. 

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity had an attitude problem. (But it's fine now.)

By Mike Wall published

An attitude problem sidelined NASA's Mars rover Curiosity recently, but the robot's handlers whipped it back into shape in short order.

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NASA's Curiosity rover has detected several intriguing spikes of methane in the air of Mars' Gale Crater.

Methane Mystery on Mars May Get a Partial Answer Soon

By Mike Wall published

NASA's Curiosity rover may have just taken a big step toward cracking the Mars methane mystery.

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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover imaged these drifting clouds on May 17, 2019, the 2,410th Martian day, or sol, of the mission, using its black-and-white Navigation Cameras.

1st Methane, Now Oxygen: Another Possible 'Biosignature' Gas Is Acting Weird on Mars

By Mike Wall published

Another possible biosignature gas is behaving strangely in Mars' air.

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A photo of Mars taken by the Curiosity rover shows a bleak landscape of hills and hazy crater mountains.

The Curiosity Rover Just Took a Very Emo Photo of Its Rocky Martian Prison

By Brandon Specktor published

Curiosity is the last functioning rover on Mars, and its lonely mission has taken the robot to a steep mountain in the middle of a vast crater.

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