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UA-led HiRise cam captures image of latest Mars landing

HiRise has done it again - this time, capturing a photo of the NASA rover Curiosity payload descending toward the surface of Mars beneath its parachute.

August 06, 2012 1:05 pm Related

Photos: Curiosity rover lands on Mars

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NASA rover Curiosity lands on Mars

PASADENA, Calif. — In a show of technological wizardry, the robotic explorer Curiosity blazed through the pink skies of Mars, steering itself to a gentle landing inside a giant crater for the most ambitious dig yet into the red planet's past.

August 06, 2012 7:41 am Comments

Yuri's Night, a 51st anniversary celebration

On April 12, 1961, Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin was the first human to orbit the earth.

April 11, 2012 9:00 am Comments

Arizona space experts respond

Arizona's planetary scientists aren't at all surprised that the Obama administration has canceled the rocketry program designed to carry humans back to the moon by 2020.

February 03, 2010 12:00 am Comments