Curiosity rover Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

What time is it on Mars? There's a Mac app for that

by Steven Sande (Aug 10th, 2012)

Budding astronomers and NASA flight controllers need to know -- what time is it at the landing site of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Opportunity rover? As we all know from watching the successful rover landing the other day, Macs are very popular at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. So it's ...

Daily Update for August 7, 2012

by Steven Sande (Aug 7th, 2012)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

Macs abound at NASA/JPL Mars Curiosity mission control

by Steven Sande (Aug 6th, 2012)

For those of us who stayed up late last night to watch the streaming coverage of the Curiosity rover's landing on Mars, it was a treat to see the huge numbers of MacBooks, iPads, and even iPhones that were in the control room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The ...