The Mars rover Curiosity could go for its first, short test drive in about a week, once scientists finish checking out its instruments, controllers said Tuesday.

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The Mars rover Curiosity could go for its first, short test drive in about a week, once scientists finish checking out its instruments, controllers said Tuesday.

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A Mars panorama shot by Curiosity on its second full day on the red planet (August 7) has been released, and it's stunning. The panorama was assembled as an interactive by Andrew Bodrov, a photographer from Estonia via 360cities.net.

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The Mars rover Curiosity could go for its first, short test drive in about a week, once scientists finish checking out its instruments, controllers said Tuesday.

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The NASA Mars rover Curiosity could go for its first, short test drive in about a week, once scientists finish checking out its instruments, controllers said Tuesday.

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NASA scientists are basking in the success of Curiosity's stunning landing earlier this week, proving that a complicated system involving a parachute and a sky crane can safely deliver a 2,000-pound vehicle to Mars.

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Cameras mounted on Curiosity's remote sensing mast beamed back fresh images of the site once the column was raised into position, giving NASA a view of the roughly half-meter (19-inch) 'scour marks' from the rocket exhaust.

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The Mars rover Curiosity successfully raised the mast that holds many of its instruments Wednesday, giving NASA controllers a view of the ground scorched by the rockets that deposited it on the surface.

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Mars rover image

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NASA is holding a video briefing live on new findings and information from the Mars rover, Curiosity.

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Images beamed to Earth show NASA's Mars rover Curiosity had an 'exciting ride' when it landed on the Red Planet, the space agency said Tuesday.

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Images beamed to Earth show NASA's rover Curiosity had an "exciting ride" when it landed on the Red Planet, the space agency said Tuesday.

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NASA's $2.6 billion rover, Curiosity, carried out a challenging landing on Mars early Monday after traveling hundreds of millions of miles through space in order to explore the Red Planet.

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NASA's $2.6 billion rover, Curiosity, carried out a challenging landing on Mars early Monday after traveling hundreds of millions of miles through space in order to explore the Red Planet.

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The SUV-sized Curiosity made its dramatic arrival on Martian terrain in a spectacle popularly known as the 'seven minutes of terror.'

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