Curiosity Malfunction May Delay Mars Rover Operations, NASA Says

NASA's Curiosity rover made it all the way to Mars without major setbacks, but now a computer glitch has stopped the robotic vehicle in its tracks. The malfunction was detected Wednesday night, causing corrupted data in Curiosity's main computer, according to a written statement released by the space agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif. Scientific investigations have been put on hold, and the rover is now operating in its minimally active "safe mode." But don't worry: Cur...