-
WATCH: The Moon Eclipsed Mars
On January 30, the moon eclipsed mars in what is referred to as an Occultation. That’s when a planet disappears from our view directly behind the moon’s left side and reappears an hour later on the opposite side. Only a small portion of the planet was able to see the occultation, including areas between southern California all the way to...
-
NASA Retires Mars Lander InSight After Groundbreaking 4-Year-Long Mission
It could be the end of the red dusty line for NASA’s InSight lander on Mars. The lander has fallen silent after four years of operation.
-
NASA Sets New Window For Artemis I Rocket Launch
NASA has set a new window for the test launch of the Artemis I rocket due to storm preparations
-
NASA Mars Lander Captures Strikes by 4 Incoming Space Rocks
A NASA lander on Mars has captured the vibrations and sounds of four meteoroids striking the planet’s surface. Scientists reported Monday that Mars InSight has detected seismic and acoustic waves from a series of impacts in 2020 and 2021. A satellite orbiting the red planet confirmed the impact locations, as far as 180 miles from the lander. Scientists are delighted...
-
Life on Mars? Here's What NASA's Perseverance Rover Found
NASA on Thursday provided a look at what has been gathered during an amazing mission to Mars.
-
NASA Details Program Objectives Ahead of Artemis Launch
James Free, associate of NASA’s Exploration Systems Development, spoke Friday about the longterm goals of the Artemis moonshot program. “We want to stay on the lunar surface and learn on the lunar surface so that we can get the most science [to] know how we’re going to go to Mars.”
-
These 5 Planets Will Be Visible to the Naked Eye This Month
Five planets will be visible to stargazers without a telescope beginning this weekend and lasting through the end of June.
-
NASA Ingenuity Helicopter Takes Incredible Photos of Perseverance Debris on Mars
NASA says its Ingenuity helicopter recently discovered and surveyed the wreckage of the equipment that helped land the “Perseverance” rover mission on Mars in 2021.
-
NASA's Mars Helicopter Spots Wreckage of Rover Landing Gear
The interplanetary photo op was conducted earlier this month by the helicopter, NASA reported.
-
China Plans Crewed Moon Mission, Tourism and Jupiter Exploration in Space Race With the U.S.
China has had some notable space successes in the past few years including sending an uncrewed mission to Mars and starting construction of its own space station.
-
Through 20 Years in Space, He Saw Climate Change Happen
Costa Rican American astronaut Franklin Chang-Díaz saw the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest and the pollution of the world’s oceans happen over 20 years in trips to space. These days, after making history as the first Latino astronaut to go into space, Chang-Díaz is working on plasma propulsion, a project which could be ready in a few years and drastically...
-
China's Mars Rover Soldiers on After Completing Program
China’s Mars rover is soldiering on after completing its initial program to explore the red planet and search for whether it once supported life
-
Perseverance Searches for Life on Mars
Scientists are searching for signs of life on Mars using the Perseverance rover. NBC 7’s Audra Stafford has more.
-
Want to Pretend to Live on Mars for a Year? NASA Is Hiring
The paid volunteers will work a simulated Martian exploration mission complete with spacewalks, limited communications back home, restricted food and resources and equipment failures.