Windsor Locks CT (SPX) Nov 24, 2011 - When the Mars Science Laboratory embarks on its voyage to Mars on Nov. 25, Hamilton Sundstrand Rocketdyne products will be onboard to make the mission possible. Curiosity, about the size of a Mini C
San Antonio TX (SPX) Nov 24, 2011 - NASA will launch the Mars Science Laboratory on Nov. 26, 2011, to assess the past and present habitability of the Red Planet's surface. The mission will land Curiosity, a rover equipped with 10 inst
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Nov 24, 2011 - Following Wednesday morning's Launch Readiness Review, NASA and contractor managers gave the launch team the go-ahead to continue working towards liftoff of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) on Satu
Paris (AFP) Nov 23, 2011 - A European tracking station in western Australia has established contact with Russia's Phobos-Grunt space probe, which has been stranded in orbit since its launch on November 8, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Wednesday.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 23, 2011 - Russian Federal Space Agency experts are puzzled by the rising orbit of the Phobos-Grunt unmanned Mars probe, Roscosmos deputy head Vitaly Davydov said on Tuesday. The probe was launched on No
Washington (AFP) Nov 23, 2011 - The biggest, most advanced robotic machine ever built to explore Mars is poised to launch Saturday on a mission to find places where life may have existed, or may live on today, NASA said this week.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 23, 2011 - The astronomical window for the Phobos-Grunt's mission to Mars has just about closed, believe space industry sources. The probe could still fly by the red planet, but the expedition to land on and t
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 23, 2011 - NASA has updated information about the news conferences and other events for the agency's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover launch. Liftoff is scheduled at 7:02 a.m. PST (10:02 a.m. EST) on Sa
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 22, 2011 - The launch window to send Russia's Phobos-Grunt unmanned spacecraft to a Mars moon will close on Monday, an airspace source told RIA Novosti. The spacecraft has already unfolded its solar panels an
Moscow (AFP) Nov 22, 2011 - Russia's space agency admitted Tuesday there was little chance of saving a probe that aimed to bring back soil from Mars's largest moon but has been stranded in Earth orbit since launch.
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Nov 22, 2011 - NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, which is scheduled to launch this week, has the potential to be the most productive Mars surface mission in history. That's due in part to its nuclear heat an
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 22, 2011 - The project continues to implement the seasonal plan for Opportunity, which is to winter over on the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater where northerly tilts are favorable for s
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Nov 21, 2011 - About the size of a small SUV and weighing as much as some cars, the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity is being asked to conduct the most intensive examination of the surface of the red planet eve
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 21, 2011 - Images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show sand dunes and ripples moving across the surface of Mars at dozens of locations and shifting up to several yards. These observations reveal the pl
Hampton VA (SPX) Nov 21, 2011 - NASA's Mars Science Laboratory, which is set to launch Nov. 25, is expected to improve not only our knowledge of Mars, but also the science of hypersonic flight - more than five times the speed of s
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Nov 21, 2011 - The launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V carrying NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) has been delayed one day to allow time for the team to remove and replace a flight termination system bat
