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The glorious new image captures the 96-mile-wide Gale Crater and part of Mount Sharp, its central mountain.

(Photo: Wikimedia Commons) This artists concept features NASAs Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover, a mobile robot for investigating Mars past or present ability to sustain microbial life. It has been 3,000 Martian days or sols since the Curiosity rover landed on Mars on August 6, 2012. NASAs rover was sent to make discoveries about the red planet, particularly on its gradual climb up the 3-mile-tall (5-kilometer-tall) mountain Mount Sharp that it has been exploring since 2014. But as the C...

Whats the right gift for a 3,000-Martian-day anniversary? Rocks?

NASA's Curiosity rover just celebrated its 3,000th day on Mars by taking a remarkable picture of the Red Planet.

Whats the right gift for a 3,000-Martian-day anniversary? Rocks?

Three thousand days and counting: Nasa's Curiosity rover continues its extraordinary exploration of Mars.

NASA Curiosity rover Mars megamosaic shows sweeping spyglass view The rover took 216 images over two months to create this epic Martian mosaic. Listen - 01:32 Enlarge Image This is one small part of a large megamosaic captured by NASAs Curiosity rover in 2020. NASA/JPL-Caltech /LANL/CNES/CNRS/ IRAP/IAS/LPG You cant visit Mars in person yet, but NASA can help you feel like youre there. The Curiosity rove...

That target and making sure all worked was quite an achievement. second, about eight months into this project the rover discovered what was likely to be streambeds about two billion years ago. this means that there was running water on mars, now proven conditions that mean that there were microbes and life on the planet. >> it all added up to understanding this environment as being chemically one that was favorable for life not in a harsh way, but actually quite a benign environment thats very m...

Plans from mars curiosity next trip and ophelia keating has that from our florida newsroom tonight. phil? >> hi, shep. 10 months in curiositys two year mission and now begin as two year turning point mountain climbing. so far curiosity has already drilled two holes into partial rocks finding evidence of an environment once favorable for microbial life. this photo of rounded pebbles leads scientists to conclude those were formed by fast moving water in a creek a long time ago. this point lake wil...

Section of rock. what is it hoping to find? rick folbaum is watching this from right here on good ol earth in the newsroom. rick? >> reporter: scientists deny having anything to do with the satellite glitch in the michael sync report. we want to give your science geek viewers an update what is going on. you are among our most favorite viewers by the way so heres an update. nasa rover curiosity that landed early last month is making pretty big progress. curiosity using the robotic arm to a martia...