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Mars the Red Planet: Latest News and Discoveries
Mars, The Red Planet, Fourth Planet From The Sun
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Fifth-graders to college students can work with NASA's Mars Odyssey satellite.
Images of Mars captured by middle and high school students by the THEMIS instrument on board NASA's Mars Odyssey.
Dennis Tito's nonprofit organization may want to launch astronauts toward the Red Planet in 2018.
The rover drilled into rock on the Martian surface on February 8th and 20th, 2013. Samples were also transferred back to the rover for analysis. The drill was demonstrated by NASA using Curiosity's twin here on Earth.
See photos of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity's first drilling success.
NASA's Mars rover made a giant leap for space exploration when it drilled its first sample of Red Planet rock.
The press conference starts at 3 p.m. EST and may discuss Curiosity's drilling work on Mars.
The president's annual address rarely mentions NASA, spaceflight or exploration.
NASA's budget is greater than those of all other national space agencies combined, NASA deputy chief Lori Garver said.
The Iranian-American Bobak Ferdowsi will help highlight President Barack Obama's call for more visas for skilled immigrants in the fields of math, science and engineering.
Find out when and where to look for the pink-looking planet.
The closest planet to the Sun (looking pinkish because of the hues of the setting Sun) and the Red Planet will be visible for all to see in February 2013. Find out when and where to look.
New research shows how Antarctica's bizarre Don Juan Pond stays fluid.
The Mars rover Curiosity drilled into the rock "John Klein' to collect the Martian sample.
Curiosity drilled about 0.8 inches (2 centimeters) into a Martian rock called John Klein.
No asteroid target has yet been selected, making planning difficult.
The robot pounded the rock with its arm-mounted drill but has apparently not spun the drill bit yet.
The proposed rover must collect rock samples for return to Earth, scientists said.
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