Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Oct 05, 2015 - When you're designing an airplane that could one day be the first to fly on Mars, the answer cannot be found in the back of the book. That's one of many conclusions groups of students in two N
Lawrence KS (SPX) Oct 02, 201 - The search for life beyond Earth is one of the grandest endeavors in the history of humankind - a quest that could transform our understanding of our universe both scientifically and spiritually. Wi
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Oct 02, 2015 - Could some of the hardiest bacteria on Earth hitchhike on a Journey to Mars and survive after landing in a new world? NASA researchers intend to find out. A helium-filled scientific balloon wi
Paris (AFP) Oct 1, 2015 - A multi-billion-dollar robot dispatched to Mars to search for life must steer clear of promising hot spots for fear of spreading microbes from Earth, NASA project scientists said Thursday.
Mountain View CA (SPX) Oct 01, 2015 - Every time NASA ballyhoos a press conference to announce an exciting discovery about Mars, the public bets heavily that the news will either be about water (What, again?) or life (Finally!) This wee
Washington (AFP) Sept 29, 2015 - The search for extra-terrestrial life just got a big boost from NASA's stunning announcement that it now has its strongest evidence yet of liquid water on Mars.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 29, 2015 - New findings from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) provide the strongest evidence yet that liquid water flows intermittently on present-day Mars. Using an imaging spectrometer on MRO,
Paris (AFP) Sept 28, 2015 - Curious lines running down slopes on the Martian surface may be streaks of super-salty brine, said the latest findings Monday in the scientific quest for extra-terrestrial liquid water, a prerequisite for life.
Paris (AFP) Sept 28, 2015 - Scientists on Monday announced the strongest evidence yet of liquid water on Mars, raising the distant prospect of microscopic life on the Red Planet.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 28, 2015 - Opportunity is within 'Marathon Valley' on the west rim of Endeavour Crater conducting a walk-about survey for clay minerals. The rover's current location within Marathon Valley with its high
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 28, 2015 - NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is conducting a walkabout survey of Marathon Valley, where the rover's operators plan to use the vehicle through the upcoming Martian winter, and beyond
Miami (AFP) Sept 25, 2015 - Surviving in space is hard and scientists say The Martian shows precisely what challenges astronauts will face on a pioneering mission to Mars, even though it contains some big inaccuracies right from the get-go.
New Delhi, India (SPX) Sep 25, 2015 - Mars Orbiter spacecraft marks one year of its life around the red planet today. After successfully completing one year of the mission life around Mars, now a large data set has been acquired by all
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 23, 2015 - For years, science fiction writers from Edgar Rice Burroughs to C. S. Lewis have imagined what it would be like for humans to walk on Mars. As mankind comes closer to taking its first steps on the R
New Delhi (XNA) Sep 23, 2015 - India's Mars mission will last for many years as it has so far not experienced any failures, a top space official has reportedly said. Mars (mission) is expected to last for many years now be
Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 23, 2015 - NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft has been in orbit around Mars for one Earth year. MAVEN was launched to Mars on Nov. 18, 2013 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station i
