02 October 2006, 02:32 PM ET
Scientists studying initial on-the-scene images relayed from NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover at Victoria Crater are elated.
29 September 2006, 06:58 PM ET
New images from a low-altitude Mars satellite are giving scientists some of their most detailed glimpses yet of the surface of the Red planet.
27 September 2006, 05:26 PM ET
Initial images show rugged walls with layers of exposed rock. The floor is blanketed with dunes, as researchers already knew.
27 September 2006, 07:00 AM ET
The best protection against high heat flux is an ablative heat shield. The extreme heat of reentry causes the material to pyrolize - the chemical decomposition of a material by heating in the absence of oxygen. As the PICA chars, melts and sublimates, it
27 September 2006, 07:00 AM ET
The pieces are coming together for NASA’s next spaceship Orion as space agency engineers begin working with lead contractor Lockheed Martin to shape the vehicle’s cockpit.
25 September 2006, 10:22 PM ET
American support remains strong for NASA’s plan to complete the International Space Station (ISS), retire its shuttle fleet by decade’s end and move on to the Moon and Mars, according to poll results released Monday.
21 September 2006, 10:22 AM ET
A new set of images from the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter will confirm for many that the features are natural, while no doubt offering tantalizing "clues" to others of an ancient intelligent civilization at work.
21 September 2006, 10:22 AM ET
A new set of images from the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter will confirm for many that the features are natural, while no doubt offering tantalizing "clues" to others of an ancient intelligent civilization at work.
21 September 2006, 08:20 AM ET
Scientists and engineers are enjoying success both on the surface of the red planet and in orbit around Mars.
21 September 2006, 08:20 AM ET
Scientists and engineers are enjoying success both on the surface of the red planet and in orbit around Mars.
07 September 2006, 12:08 AM ET
Wheeling across the open, parking lot-like dune fields of Meridiani Planum, the robot is nearing a major milestone: Rolling up to “Victoria”, a roughly half-mile-wide crater.
31 August 2006, 04:00 PM ET
WASHINGTON –NASA has selected Lockheed Martin as the prime contractor to design, develop and build the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV), the planned replacement for the space shuttle that will become backbone of the agency’s human spaceflight program
28 August 2006, 11:05 AM ET
Mars is home to the highest clouds ever discovered above the surface of a planet, astronomers announced today.
23 August 2006, 06:33 PM ET
Mariner 4 was cruising the dark emptiness between Earth and Mars. Having shot past Mars in '65 without enough fuel to turn around and go back, there was nothing else to do. All was quiet. Fuel was running low. Soon, Mariner 4 would fade into history.
18 August 2006, 08:32 AM ET
LOGAN, Utah – NASA later today will announce winners in the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) demonstration effort. Those picked are to develop and demonstrate services that could pave the way for contracts to launch and deliver crew and c
16 August 2006, 01:00 PM ET
Dust is behind the mysterious shapes and low surface reflectivity on the on the southern ice cap on Mars.
09 August 2006, 09:13 AM ET
Those industrious robots on Mars—NASA’s Spirit and Opportunity rovers—remain on duty as they gather new science data from their respective spots on the red planet.
31 July 2006, 06:30 PM ET
Dust storms raging across the surface of Mars may wield toxic chemicals that could poison any forms of life as we know it on the planet’s surface, according to two NASA-sponsored studies.
28 July 2006, 08:10 AM ET
Six aquanauts will rise from the deep today after nearly a week stationed on the ocean floor testing spacesuit concepts for future Moon and Mars missions.
18 July 2006, 06:57 AM ET
New study says nothing directly about the effect of space radiation on people but it has implications for the future of human spaceflight.
06 July 2006, 09:00 AM ET
NASA needs to rethink its Mars exploration plans after 2010 given new understandings about the red planet and likely funding levels in the coming years, according to a report just out from a panel of outside experts.
30 June 2006, 12:22 PM ET
A shiny coating found on rocks in many of Earth's deserts suggest a new way to search for signs of life on Mars, scientists said today.
22 June 2006, 10:51 AM ET
Holden's wide floor has abundant layered sediments, channels, and large piles of debris at canyon mouths. These suggest a long history of deposits by water.
21 June 2006, 06:50 AM ET
PASADENA, California – Scientists now have the ability to contrast day/night Mars imagery to bring to light the red planet as never before.
16 June 2006, 03:16 PM ET
In “Backyard Astronomy from Mars” carried in the August issue of Sky & Telescope magazine (soon to hit newsstands), author Jim Bell details use of the Spirit and Opportunity Mars rovers to carry out nighttime observations.
16 June 2006, 03:16 PM ET
In “Backyard Astronomy from Mars” carried in the August issue of Sky & Telescope magazine (soon to hit newsstands), author Jim Bell details use of the Spirit and Opportunity Mars rovers to carry out nighttime observations.
15 June 2006, 08:30 PM ET
New simulation reveals sound waves don't travel as far on Mars as on Earth.
15 June 2006, 11:01 AM ET
Near one edge of the northern polar cap stands a curious feature named Udzha. Named for a town in Siberia, Udzha, which is 45 km (28 mi) across, is classified as a crater. Yet it's almost hidden from view as its sharp-edged, rocky rim peeks from under the
09 June 2006, 03:10 PM ET
Two bright planets are approaching each other in our evening sky.
07 June 2006, 06:43 AM ET
PASADENA, California – Picking where to land the next wheeled robot on Mars is a formidable task – but plunking down a $1.5 billion rover on the planet safe, sound and ready for prime-time science is also a daunting job.
31 May 2006, 09:33 AM ET
PASADENA, California – When NASA’s next wheeled robot – the Mars Science Laboratory – rockets skyward in 2009, the mega-rover will carry the largest, most sophisticated array of science gear ever shot to the martian surface.
31 May 2006, 09:33 AM ET
PASADENA, California – When NASA’s next wheeled robot – the Mars Science Laboratory – rockets skyward in 2009, the mega-rover will carry the largest, most sophisticated array of science gear ever shot to the martian surface.
30 May 2006, 04:19 PM ET
Something remarkable is about to happen in the evening sky. Three planets and a star cluster are converging for a close encounter you won't want to miss.
11 May 2006, 06:40 AM ET
Astronauts are stomping around Mars without ever leaving Earth in Canada, where filming is underway for an ambitious new documentary and mini-series that blur the line between science fact and fiction.
11 May 2006, 06:40 AM ET
Astronauts are stomping around Mars without ever leaving Earth in Canada, where filming is underway for an ambitious new documentary and mini-series that blur the line between science fact and fiction.
01 May 2006, 02:45 PM ET
Both martian polar caps show ragged outlines, with sinuous valleys and spiral-shaped troughs giving the caps' edges a sawtooth outline. Scientists think the spirals develop as solar heating melts and evaporates the ice more strongly on the equator-ward an
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