Mars

U.S. 12/28/19, 07:16

A U.S. astronaut set a record Saturday for the longest single spaceflight by a woman, breaking the old mark of 288 days with about two months left in her mission. Christina Koch, a 40-year-old electrical engineer from Livingston, Montana, arrived at the International Space Station on March 14. She broke the ...

U.S. 08/03/19, 11:34

President Donald Trump pledged to find a cure for cancer and AIDS during a rally in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Aug. 1.  "We will achieve new breakthroughs in science and medicine," the president told the crowd. "I see what they are doing. I see it. They show me. The things we're doing in ...

Trending 06/18/19, 13:26

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced Monday, June 17, that it is ready to send women to the moon—50 years after the first Apollo mission! The new space mission is aptly named Artemis, after the Goddess of the moon. Speaking at the 2019 Paris Air Show, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine ...

Tech 04/26/19, 02:47

When a robot "dies," does it make you sad? For lots of people, the answer is "yes" — and that tells us something important, and potentially worrisome, about our emotional responses to the social machines that are starting to move into our lives.For Christal White, a 42-year-old marketing and customer ...

Science 04/11/19, 13:06

From his eyes to his immune system, astronaut Scott Kelly's body sometimes reacted strangely to nearly a year in orbit, at least compared to his Earth-bound identical twin — but newly published research shows nothing that would cancel even longer space treks, like to Mars.The good news: Kelly largely bounced ...

Space 03/01/19, 11:46

Scientists say images of craters taken by European and American space probes show there likely once was a planet-wide system of underground lakes on Mars. Data collected by NASA and ESA probes orbiting the red planet provide the first geological evidence for an ancient Martian groundwater system, according to a study ...

Science 02/19/19, 15:48

And now for the weather on Mars: NASA's newest lander is offering daily reports on the red planet's frigid winter.Starting Tuesday, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is posting the highs and lows online , along with wind speed and atmospheric pressure from the InSight lander.On Sunday, InSight recorded a high of ...

Science 02/13/19, 18:08

The rover, Opportunity, is given up after months of radio silence but more than 14 years of exploration time

Science 02/13/19, 14:07

NASA's longest-running rover on Mars, Opportunity, has been pronounced dead, 15 years after it landed on the red planet.The six-wheeled vehicle was built to operate just three months. But it kept going and going until it was finally doomed by a ferocious dust storm eight months ago.Flight controllers made numerous ...

U.S. 02/12/19, 16:45

NASA is trying one last time to contact its record-setting Mars rover Opportunity, before calling it quits.The rover has been silent for eight months, victim of an intense dust storm. Thick dust darkened the sky last summer and, for months, blocked sunlight from the spacecraft's solar panels.NASA said Tuesday it ...

Politics 02/07/19, 18:42

Vice President Mike Pence is honoring the nation's fallen astronauts during a NASA day of remembrance at Arlington National Cemetery. Memorials at the cemetery honor those who perished when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded on Jan. 28, 1986, and when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon re-entering Earth's atmosphere on Feb. ...

Tech 02/06/19, 10:49

Two tiny satellites have fallen silent millions of miles away, after proving new technology at Mars.The twin CubeSats, nicknamed WALL-E and EVE, shadowed NASA's InSight lander to Mars last year. As the lander descended to the Martian surface in November, the briefcase-size satellites flew past the red planet, providing real-time ...

Science 01/24/19, 13:41

NASA's Opportunity rover is silently marking the 15th anniversary of its touchdown on Mars.The spacecraft hasn't been heard from since a global dust storm last June. The six wheeler — about the size of a golf cart — logged more than 28 miles (45 kilometers) on the red planet before ...

Science 12/11/18, 18:26

NASA's new Mars lander has taken a selfie from above, using a camera on its long robotic arm.The InSight lander snapped a series of pictures that NASA turned into a stunning mosaic, released Tuesday.InSight landed on Mars on Nov. 26. In the two weeks since, scientists are thrilled to find ...

Science 12/07/18, 15:24

NASA's new Mars lander has captured the first sounds of the Martian wind.The Jet Propulsion Laboratory released audio clips of the alien wind Friday. The low-frequency rumblings were collected by the InSight lander during its first week- and-a-half of operations at Mars.Scientists agree the sound has an otherworldly quality to ...

U.S. 12/01/18, 08:13

As Mars' newest resident settles in, Planet Earth is working on three more landers and at least two orbiters to join the scientific Martian brigade.NASA's InSight spacecraft touched down on Mars on Monday.FILE- This artist's rendering provided to China's Xinhua News Agency on Aug. 23, 2016 by the lunar probe ...

U.S. 11/29/18, 15:12

America's next moon landing will be made by private companies — not NASA.NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced Thursday that nine U.S. companies will compete in delivering experiments to the lunar surface. Bridenstine says NASA will buy the service and let private industry work out the details on getting there.The goal ...

Space 11/27/18, 03:08

Minutes after touching down on Mars, NASA's InSight spacecraft sent back a "nice and dirty" snapshot of its new digs. Yet the dust-speckled image looked like a work of art to scientists.The photo revealed a mostly smooth and sandy terrain around the spacecraft with only one sizable rock visible."I'm very, ...

Space 11/26/18, 05:26

A NASA spacecraft's six-month journey to Mars neared its dramatic grand finale Monday in what scientists and engineers hoped would be a soft precision landing on flat red plains.The InSight lander aimed for an afternoon touchdown, as anxiety built among those involved in the $1 billion international effort.InSight's perilous descent ...

Space 11/24/18, 16:48

InSight to land Monday after traveling hundreds of millions of miles