Noordwijk, Netherlands (AFP) Sept 8, 2015 - European experts have pulled off a major advance that might one day help build new worlds in space after an astronaut in the International Station Station remotely guided a robot on Earth by feel.
Washington (AFP) Sept 21, 2014 - A NASA spacecraft that aims to study the upper atmosphere of Mars and reveal how its climate changed over time is poised to begin orbiting the Red Planet on Sunday.
Washington (AFP) Sept 6, 2012 - NASA's Curiosity rover has temporarily halted its journey across the surface of Mars as it tests the tools on its robotic arm, the US space agency said Thursday.
Washington (AFP) Sept 11, 2014 - NASA's $2.5 billion Curiosity rover has reached the base of the Martian mountain it aims to explore and should start drilling rocks there soon, US space agency scientists said Thursday.
Washington (AFP) Sept 22, 2014 - NASA's MAVEN spacecraft began orbiting Mars on Sunday, on a mission to study how the Red Planet's climate changed over time from warm and wet to cold and dry.
Washington (AFP) Sept 3, 2021 - NASA's Perseverance rover succeeded in its second attempt to scoop up a piece of Martian rock for future analysis by scientists on Earth - probably.
Flagstaff, Arizona (AFP) Sept 18, 2010 - It may not have all the creature comforts, but Aaron Hulse considers his space exploration rover a pleasant home away from home.
Washington (AFP) Sept 17, 2014 - An unmanned NASA spacecraft launched last year to study the history of climate change on Mars is to begin orbiting the Red Planet on Sunday after a 10-month journey.
Washington (AFP) Sept 25, 2018 - NASA scientists can now see their solar-powered probe that was lost in a Martian dust storm more than 100 days ago - but the vintage robot hasn't shown any signs of life.
Washington (AFP) Sept 7, 2021 - NASA confirmed Monday that its Perseverance Mars rover succeeded in collecting its first rock sample for scientists to pore over when a future mission eventually brings it back to Earth.
Hyderabad, India (AFP) Sept 24, 2007 - NASA aims to put a man on Mars by 2037, the administrator of the US space agency indicated here Monday.
Moscow (AFP) Sept 14, 2007 - Ten gerbils took off from the Russian-run Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan on Friday for a 12-day voyage to test the possible effects of a human mission to Mars, an official said Friday.
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.
Washington (AFP) Sept 19, 2012 - NASA's Curiosity Rover will study its first martial rock Friday, more than a month after landing on the Red Planet, mission officials said.
Washington (AFP) Sept 15, 2022 - NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has detected its highest concentrations yet of organic molecules, in a potential signal of ancient microbes that scientists are eager to confirm when the rock samples are eventually brought to Earth.
Washington (AFP) Sept 12, 2012 - NASA's Curiosity rover, which landed on Mars more than a month ago, appears to be working flawlessly as it prepares to continue its two-year exploration of the Red Planet, the US space agency said Wednesday.
