Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 19, 2012 - With all the fanfare about Mars rover Curiosity landing on the Red Planet in August 2012, it's easy to forget that there's already a rover on Mars-an older, smaller cousin set to accomplish a feat u
Hilo HI (SPX) Jul 19, 2012 - NASA is conducting a nine-day field test starting Tuesday outside Hilo, Hawaii, to evaluate new exploration techniques for the surface of the moon. These mission simulations, known as analog mission
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 18, 2012 - Opportunity is still exploring the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater. Most of this period focused on analyzing the rock target Grasberg with the Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 17, 2012 - NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter experienced about 21 hours in a reduced-activity precautionary status ending at about 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT) on Thursday, July 12. The orbiter put itself in the precaut
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 17, 2012 - A maneuver on Tuesday adjusted the flight path of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft for delivering the rover Curiosity to a landing target beside a Martian mountain. The car-size, one-
Houston TX (SPX) Jul 17, 2012 - Each spacecraft, crewed or robotic, encounters an extraordinary spectrum of vast resources throughout its journey. From the first space missions onward, space architects and scientists have consider
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 17, 2012 - As NASA's Mars Rover Curiosity prepares to land on Mars, public audiences worldwide can take their own readiness steps to share in the adventure. Landing is scheduled for about 10:31 p.m. PDT on Aug
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 17, 2012 - NASA's most advanced planetary rover is on a precise course for an early August landing beside a Martian mountain to begin two years of unprecedented scientific detective work. However, getting the
New Delhi (UPI) Jul 16, 2012 - India's government is expected to give its approval for the country to embark on an unmanned mission to Mars, the Indian Space Research Organization said.
Washington (AFP) July 16, 2012 - NASA's Curiosity rover is on target to arrive on Mars on August 6 for a two-year mission to find out whether microbial life once existed on the Red Planet, the US space agency said Monday.
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 13, 2012 - On July 11, NASA scientists will launch into space the highest resolution solar telescope ever to observe the solar corona, the million degree outer solar atmosphere. The instrument, called HI-C for
Honolulu HI (SPX) Jul 09, 2012 - After receiving more than 700 applications, a team of researchers from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and Cornell University have selected six individuals to make up the crew of a simulated Mars
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 09, 2012 - Stick a shovel in the ground and scoop. That's about how deep scientists need to go in order to find evidence for ancient life on Mars, if there is any to be found, a new study suggests. That's with
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 09, 2012 - Opportunity has now exceeded 3,000 sols, or Martian days, of operation on the surface of Mars! The rover is still exploring the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater. On Sol 29
Washington (AFP) July 8, 2012 - The US space agency NASA has recently pieced together a panoramic view from the camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, calling it the next best thing to being on the Red Planet.
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Jul 06, 2012 - On 17 April 2012, the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) operated by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft acquired im
