Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 06, 2016 - NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, partway through the first up-close study ever conducted of extraterrestrial sand dunes, is providing dramatic views of a dune's steep face, where cascading sand has scul
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 29, 2015 - The striking feature in this image, acquired by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on March 19, 2014, is a boulder-covered landslide
Huntsville AL (SPX) Dec 23, 2015 - From making rocket engines roar to analyzing the first 3-D printed parts created on the space station and developing new technologies, 2015 was a year of discovery and progress as the team at NASA's
Pasadena CA (AFP) Dec 23, 2015 - NASA has suspended the March 2016 launch of its InSight mission to Mars because of problems with a key scientific component, the US space agency said Tuesday. The lander was set to delve deep
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 22, 2015 - Opportunity is inside Marathon Valley on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is positioned on steep slopes for improved solar array energy production. The near-term object is to position t
Paris (AFP) Dec 21, 2015 - Months after scientists announced the strongest evidence yet of liquid water on Mars, a study Monday said there was none at least in the valleys carved into numerous Red Planet slopes.
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Dec 21, 2015 - The spacesuits astronauts will wear while exploring the surface of Mars will protect the person inside, supply air and water, and be flexible enough that astronauts can dig samples and do the other
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 21, 2015 - NASA's next Mars spacecraft has arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, for final preparations before a launch scheduled in March 2016 and a landing on Mars six months later. Lockhee
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 18, 2015 - In detective stories, as the plot thickens, an unexpected clue often delivers more questions than answers. In this case, the scene is a mountain on Mars. The clue: the chemical compound silica. Lots
Los Alamos NM (SPX) Dec 18, 2015 - New findings by NASA's Mars Curiosity rover are the focus of a press conference this morning at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting in San Francisco, Calif. A group of scientists, including
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 17, 2015 - Opportunity is inside Marathon Valley on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is positioned on a steep slope with an approximately 19-degree northerly tilt for improved solar array en
Providence RI (SPX) Dec 15, 2015 - Recent orbital and rover missions to Mars have turned up ample evidence of clays and other hydrated minerals formed when rocks are altered by the presence of water. Most of that alteration is though
Washington (AFP) Dec 14, 2015 - US President Barack Obama voiced fresh determination to destroy the Islamic State Monday, vowing to kill the group's leaders and win back territory in the Middle East.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 12, 2015 - The rover is positioned on steep, north-facing slopes for improved solar array energy production. On Sol 4202 (Nov. 19. 2105), the robotic arm was raised so Panoramic Camera (Pancam) color images co
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 12, 2015 - NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has begun an up-close investigation of dark sand dunes up to two stories tall. The dunes are on the rover's trek up the lower portion of a layered Martian mountain.
Pasadena, Calif. (UPI) Dec 11, 2015 - NASA's Curiosity rover is continuing its trek up Mount Sharp. Recently, the Mars rover reached a series of sand dunes covering a lower portion of the layered Martian mountain inside Gale Crater.
