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NASA Sets the Date We Finally Land on Mars: April 15, 2025 - and Here's How They Plan To Do It
Sat Sep 5, 2009 5:42 PM EDT
You just knew they had something in mind for the International Space Station besides studying the weather and sending really nice pictures back to Earth. In fact, the ISS is critical in NASA's plan to land astronauts on Mars in less than sixteen years.
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Engineers probe why Mars orbiter entered safe mode
Thu Feb 26, 2009 7:05 PM EST
NASA engineers are trying to figure out why an orbiting Mars spacecraft went into safe mode this week.
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Existence Of Water On Mars Confirmed
Seeded on Fri Aug 1, 2008 2:12 PM EDT (The Washington Post)
After years of proposing, theorizing and deducing that there is water on Mars -- at least in the form of ice -- NASA scientists said yesterday they have finally confirmed it, after the Phoenix lander detected traces of water vapor wafting off a scoop of Martian dirt, researchers …
Earth's Magnetic Poles Due For A Reversal?
Seeded on Tue Jun 3, 2008 5:13 AM EDT (Cosmos Magazine)
A reversal of the Earth's magnetic poles could happen sooner than we think, according to Dutch scientists who report that the planet's magnetic field is becoming gradually less stable.
The Dark Side of NASA
Wed May 28, 2008 11:17 PM EDT
And if your head explodes with dark forebodings too I'll see you on the dark side of the moon. - Pink Floyd, 'Brain Damage'
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Mars Lander Success
Seeded on Mon May 26, 2008 3:59 PM EDT (BBC News)
A Nasa spacecraft has sent back historic first pictures of an unexplored region of Mars. The Mars Phoenix lander touched down in the far north of the Red Planet, after a 680 million-km (423 million-mile) journey from Earth.
Heading To Mars, Phoenix Prepares For "7 Minutes of Terror"
Sat May 24, 2008 9:24 PM EDT
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY, CA - Sunday evening, NASA will attempt something that hasn't been accomplished successfully in 32 years. Not since the Viking probes landed on Mars has a spacecraft succeeded in making a powered, controlled descent to the red planet's surface.
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Digger set for Risky Mars Landing Sunday
Seeded on Wed May 21, 2008 1:32 PM EDT (The New York Times)
To get to the ice, you have to go through the fire. A spacecraft now completing a nine-month journey from Earth to Mars must survive a fiery, risky descent to the Red Planet to have a chance to scoop up water ice believed buried under an arctic plain
Scientists witness start of star's explosive death
Wed May 21, 2008 1:00 PM EDT
In a stroke of cosmic luck, astronomers for the first time witnessed the start of one of the universe's most fiery events: the end of a star's life as it exploded into a supernova.
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A look at NASA's latest mission to the red planet
Mon May 19, 2008 2:56 PM EDT
NASA has successfully landed five robots on Mars over the past three decades. Its latest spacecraft, Phoenix Mars, will touch down in the Martian arctic region on Sunday. Here's why NASA is going again.
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