Only the Atlas V is certified by NASA to launch payloads carrying radioisotope thermoelectric generators, a nuclear power source that the Mars 2020 rover, like Curiosity, uses.

An Atlas V rocket will also be used to launch the Boeing CST-100 spacecraft, which will ferry astronauts to the International Space Station in the next few years.

Set to return NASA on course to Mars, the Mars Science Laboratory, known colloquially as the Curiosity rover, stands ready with its Atlas V rocket for a Thanksgiving holiday weekend launch from ...

When the Atlas V rocket lifts off Saturday, it’ll carry a mini-science lab in a new Mars rover, but no humans. Curiosity will be paving the way for future human exploration of the Red Planet.

NASA has announced that soon after yesterday’s launch of the Mars Perseverance rover, the mission experienced minor issues that have hindered communication and caused the spacecraft couriering ...

We've had our sights on NASA's Curiosity Rover (also known as the Mars Science Laboratory or MSL) for quite some time now. Well, it's finally ready and in a few short weeks, this amazingly ...

An Atlas V rocket hoisted the rover, officially known as Mars Science Laboratory, into a cloudy late morning sky from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, just south of the ...

Only the Atlas 5 is certified by NASA to launch payloads carrying radioisotope thermoelectric generators, a nuclear power source that the Mars 2020 rover, like Curiosity, uses.

In the late 1990s the complex was demolished and rebuilt to support the Atlas V. Monday’s launch is the sixty-second to make use of the complex. MAVEN is the fifth Mars probe to launch from SLC-41.

United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), will provide Atlas V 541 launch services to NASA for a follow-up rover mission to Mars.

All systems appear go for the Saturday launch of NASA's next Mars rover, officials announced Wednesday. The car-size Curiosity rover, the centerpiece of NASA's $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory ...

The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with the NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover rolled out to Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station today.