NASA lander explodes at Kennedy Space Center
Mars rover Curiosity sent the first color photos back to Earth today. The images were criticized for being grainy but NASA said the camera has not been used to its full capability yet.
It's all part of the process.
After enthralling us with its "7 minutes of terror" and Curiosity's Mars landing, NASA crashed and burned today.
Morpheus, a prototype planetary lander meant for missions beyond the moon, exploded during a trial run at Kennedy Space Center yesterday, reports CNN.
"During today's free-flight test of the Project Morpheus vehicle, it lifted off the ground and then experienced a hardware component failure, which prevented it from maintaining stable flight," NASA officials said, according to CBS News.
Everyone is fine, but $500,000 did go up in smoke.
Well, back to the drawing board.
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