(CBS News) Bobak Ferdowsi's patriotic Mohawk -- sported during the landing of the Mars Rover "Curiosity" last year -- earned him the name "Mohawk Guy," and gave NASA a serious dose of cool. The MIT ...

Each year on Ordibehesht 25, which aligns with May 15, the global community pauses to honor the Great Poet Ferdowsi, the monumental Persian poet celebrated for his epic masterpiece, Shahnameh. This ...

This is part of our series on the Sexiest Scientists Alive. Bobak Ferdowsi, the mystery man who made waves over the summer for his rocker hairdo during NASA's Curiosity Rover landing on Mars, has ...

Abul-Qasem Ferdowsi Tusi (940 – 1020Ad) was born in Tus in Khorasan which is situated in today's Razavi Khorasan province in Iran. Little is known about Ferdowsi's early life. According to some data, ...

TEHRAN: To mark the birthday anniversary Iranians to commemorate Abolqassem Ferdowsi paying tribute to great epic poet as May 14 is celebrated as Ferdowsi Day. According to a report published in Iran ...

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity landed on the surface of the red planet on Sunday night, but we were a little distracted by the mohawked engineer shown on the right. Click through to find out who this ...

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei has offered congratulations on Ferdowsi Day, observed on the 25th of Ordibehesht in the Iranian calendar, which falls on May 15 this year. Baghaei wrote ...

Last year's Mars landing by the NASA rover Curiosity was a nail-biter broadcast live from the control room at the Jet Propulsion Lab in La Cañada Flintridge. Yet as the rover touched down, much of the ...

The project includes renovation of the place, Ferdowsi Foundation director Mohammad-Hossein Tusivand told MNA. “Several workshops will also be set up in Ferdowsi Park where viewers can watch scenes ...

The event honored the legacy of Abu’l-Qasem Ferdowsi Tusi (c. 935– c. 1020-26 CE), the celebrated Persian poet and author of the Shahnameh (“Book of Kings”), the Persian national epic, which, ...