The six science instruments that comprise the Particles and Fields Package that will characterize the solar wind and ionosphere of Mars have been integrated aboard NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft. >>

NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Project, managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., has been selected to receive the top group honor from the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum -- the Trophy for Current Achievement. The award >>

The down-to-Earth persona of NASA's Mars Curiosity rover, expressed on Twitter, Facebook, live streaming on Ustream, viral videos and the first Foursquare check-in from another planet, has captured the 2013 South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Award for >>

An analysis of a rock sample collected by NASA's Curiosity rover shows ancient Mars could have supported living microbes. >>

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity continues to move forward with assessment and recovery from a memory glitch that affected the rover's A-side computer. Curiosity has two computers that are redundant of one another. >>

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has provided images allowing scientists for the first time to create a 3-D reconstruction of ancient water channels below the Martian surface. >>

Curiosity's analyzed rock sample proves ancient Mars could have supported living microbes. >>

Has Mars ever had the right ingredients for life? What are organic molecules, and what can they tell us about the history of Mars? Learn more in this 60-second video from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. >>

Curiosity rover obtains the first sample ever collected from the interior of a rock on another planet. >>

NASA's Curiosity drills for first sample from inside a rock on Mars. >>

NASA's Curiosity rover finds calcium deposits on Mars similar to those seen on Earth when water circulates in cracks and rock fractures. >>

NASA's Curiosity rover dusts off a rock on Mars for the first time. >>

Curiosity is on Mars!Follow Curiosity on her journey at Explore Mars: Curiosity's Journey >>

View the simulated views and computer generated images of where Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is now. >>

View the simulated views and computer generated images of where Mars Odyssey is now. >>

Opportunity has now reached its three-year-long target, Endeavour crater, where it will spend time studying rocks never seen before. After a successful six-year mission, Spirit's mission has officially concluded. ������Send a tribute on Spirit���s mission at:http://beamartian.jpl.nasa.gov/spiritpostcards.

See the latest mission images of our spacecraft and those returned from the Red Planet and get the latest updates on Curiosity's Journey! NASA Be A Martian >>

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See the latest mission images of our spacecraft and those returned from the Red Planet and get the latest updates on Curiosity's Journey! NASA Be A Martian >>

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Or, how big is the Mars Science Laboratory rover? Ask Dr. C, your personal Mars expert! >>