NASA Updates Us on Curiosity's Progress By Christina DesMarais , PCWorld Aug 14, 2012 3:30 PM It's been more than a week since NASA's Mars rover , dubbed "Curiosity," landed on the red planet . In that time, mission controllers at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., have been checking Curiosity's 10 instruments and updating software for its two-year mission to look for evidence of microbial life on the planet. NASA held a news conference Tuesday to talk about Curiosity's progress so far. Incredible Photos Mars mission leaders showed magnificent images that have come in from Curiosity so far. For instance, in this photo taken from one of the Rover's navigation cameras, you can see part of Curiosity's deck and power supply on the left, as well as both its low-gain and high-gain antennas which allow for communications between Curiosity, orbiting spacecraft and Earth. Farther out yo...