In the vast expanse where dreams take flight, A tale unfolds of courage and might. Mars, the distant red planet's embrace, Witnesses a duo, bound by space. In the history of the cosmos, their story engraved, Perseverance and Ingenuity, bold and brave. Their legacy echoes, inspiring the souls, To reach for the stars, to achieve their goals. Perseverance, a wanderer on alien soil, Un...

Dear Fellow Martians, While the Curiosity rover is busy exploring the Martian surface, I am going to school as a sophomore at Shawnee Mission East High School in Prairie Village, Kan. I am very involved in my school’s environmental club, and this year we started a composting program in our cafeteria. I’ve also taken on a role in my local Sierra Club chapter’s energy efficiency campaign. ...

Dear Fellow Martians, While the Curiosity rover is busy exploring the Martian surface, I am going to school as a sophomore at Shawnee Mission East High School in Prairie Village, Kan. I am very involved in my school’s environmental club, and this year we started a composting program in our cafeteria. I’ve also taken on a role in my local Sierra Club chapter’s energy efficiency campaign. ...

I just got a message from Captain Suni Williams, commander of Expedition 32 and currently orbiting Earth in the International Space Station (ISS): "We are totally psyched here for Curiosity's success!!! Please pass on our congratulations from the ISS!!!" INCREDIBLE job everyone!

I just got a message from Captain Suni Williams, commander of Expedition 32 and currently orbiting Earth in the International Space Station (ISS): "We are totally psyched here for Curiosity's success!!! Please pass on our congratulations from the ISS!!!" INCREDIBLE job everyone!

At 12:20 a.m., after a jubilant press conference had been dismissed, after Will.i.am and Morgan Freeman had retreated to Hollywood, and after the pop-up gift shops had stopped selling Mars Science Lab-emblazoned polos, two men met on a staircase outside a blocky building at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. One man was leaving, dressed in the light blue shirt of the Entry, Descent, and Land...

Entry, Descent, and Landing is a stressful process for everyone, spiked with "seven minutes of terror" and its attendant grey hairs. But, enduring the tension as the head scientist of a tent-pole Mars mission is an entirely different experience. Steve Squyres, one of the 400+ scientists gathered to watch the landing Sunday night, knows the feeling. Squyres was the top scientist for the...

Entry, Descent, and Landing is a stressful process for everyone, spiked with "seven minutes of terror" and its attendant grey hairs. But, enduring the tension as the head scientist of a tent-pole Mars mission is an entirely different experience. Steve Squyres, one of the 400+ scientists gathered to watch the landing Sunday night, knows the feeling. Squyres was the top scientist for the...

These are very exciting times, especially being an intern with the Mars Public Engagement Team at Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Why you may ask? It's because of one simple word that nourishes our minds, drives us to question our world and others, and allows us to create the impossible: Curiosity. What I find absolutely inspirational about this mission is everything. From naming the rover, to...

"Where will you be watching Curiosity's landing?" That's the question floating around Pasadena today, in hotel lobbies and coffee shops, as an estimated 15,000 people have descended on the northern Los Angeles enclave to be a part of exploration history. The main event in Pasadena is the Planetary Society's sold-out Planetfest, which will feature the live NASA feed and commentary from ...