NASA to Host June 5 Teleconference on Curiosity Mars Rover

NASA to Host June 5 Teleconference on Curiosity Mars Rover

06/03/2013 12:00 AM EDT

NASA will hold a media teleconference at 11:30 a.m. PDT (2:30 p.m. EDT), Wednesday, June 5, to provide an update about the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission and activities of the Curiosity rover.

Radiation Measured by NASA's Curiosity on Voyage to Mars has Implications for Future Human Missions

Radiation Measured by NASA's Curiosity on Voyage to Mars has Implications for Future Human Missions

05/30/2013 12:00 AM EDT

Measurements taken by NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission as it delivered the Curiosity rover to Mars in 2012 are providing NASA the information it needs to design systems to protect human explorers from radiation exposure on deep-space expeditions in the future.