Moscow, Russia (Voice of Russia) Aug 30, 2012 - Mars will become a major target for human space explorers in the next 50 years, experts from the Energia Rocket and Space Corporation say. According to Energia's President and Chief Designer Vitaly
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 30, 2012 - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has set off from its landing vicinity on a trek to a science destination about a quarter mile (400 meters) away, where it may begin using its drill. The rover drove eastw
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Aug 29, 2012 - In recent days, Curiosity has accomplished a number of firsts, including the first use of its laser to zap a nearby rock and its first short drive. Many more such firsts lie ahead. But as the rover
Los Angeles (AFP) Aug 29, 2012 - NASA's Curiosity rover has begun its first major drive across the surface of Mars, handling beautifully as it prepares to start some serious scientific work, the US space agency said Wednesday.
Los Angeles (AFP) Aug 27, 2012 - NASA beamed back more spectacular pictures from Mars on Monday - and a first voice message - likening it to the lunar landmark led by Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon who died last week.
Los Alamos NM (SPX) Aug 24, 2012 - Members of the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover ChemCam team, including Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists, squeezed in a little extra target practice after zapping the first fist-size
London, UK (SPX) Aug 23, 2012 - A UK Space Agency-funded instrument, designed to investigate the interior structure and processes of Mars, has been selected to travel to the Red Planet on NASA's newly announced InSight mission. Th
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 23, 2012 - 10:32 p.m. on the evening of Aug. 5 was turning out to be one long minute for Steve Sell. Of course, the previous six had been significantly protracted as well. When added together, the entry, desce
Denver CO (SPX) Aug 23, 2012 - An exciting and novel mission to Mars has been selected as NASA's next Discovery mission. The Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission, led by
Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 23, 2012 - Children are often mystified by remote control cars and how they can control them with a device while standing several feet away from them. This past week, Chris Tate was mystified by the same power
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 23, 2012 - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has begun driving from its landing site, that scientists have named for the late author Ray Bradbury. Making its first movement on the Martian surface, Curiosity's drive
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Aug 23, 2012 - After the successful landing of the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover, NASA has selected one more lander mission to Mars. The InSight mission will reach Mars in September 2016, after a six-mon
Los Angeles (AFP) Aug 22, 2012 - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Wednesday made its first test drive, leaving wheel tracks near its landing spot - now dubbed Bradbury Landing in honor of late science fiction author Ray Bradbury.
Pasadena, Calif. (UPI) Aug 22, 2012 - NASA gave the Mars Curiosity rover driving commands ahead of its first test-drive across the Martian surface Wednesday, the space agency's field center said.
Paris, France (ESA) Aug 21, 2012 - Some 135 years after its discovery, Mars' largest moon Phobos is seen in fantastic detail - and in 3D - in an image taken by ESA's Mars Express spacecraft as it passed just 100 km by. This vie
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 21, 2012 - Today, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity fired its laser for the first time on Mars, using the beam from a science instrument to interrogate a fist-size rock called Coronation. The mission's Chemistry a
