Mars
Stunning Conjunction of Mars and Beta Scorpii This Week
Sneaky Mars creeps up on bright Graffias in Scorpius for a very close conjunction Wednesday morning. Even better, the star…
ExoMars Spacecraft Launches to Red Planet Searching for Signs of Life
The joint European/Russian ExoMars spacecraft successfully launched early this morning from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan atop a Proton-M rocket…
Countdown Begins for Blastoff of ExoMars 2016 Spacecraft on March 14 – Watch Live
The countdown has begun for blastoff of the ambitious European/Russian ExoMars 2016 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on…
NASA Test Fires SLS Flight Engine Destined to Launch Astronauts Back to the Moon
NASA engineers have successfully test fired the first flight engine destined to power the agency’s mammoth new SLS rocket that…
Comet Created Chaos In Mars’ Magnetic Field
NASA's MAVEN spacecraft captured the chaotic rendezvous between Mars and comet Siding Spring in 2014.
InSight Mars Lander Saved from Termination, Reset to 2018 Blastoff
The Insight Mars lander has been saved from mission termination and will live to launch another day two years from…
MRO: Ten Years Of Breathtaking Work Above Mars
Hooray for the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter! Ten years of ground-breaking science (and eye candy.)
First Tomatoes, Peas Harvested From Simulated Martian Soil
Martian colonists will need to grow their own food, and researchers in Netherlands are trying to understand how suitable Martian…
ExoMars 2016 Spacecraft Encapsulated for Red Planet Launch in One Week
Final launch preparations are now in full swing for the ambitious European/Russian ExoMars 2016 spacecraft which has been encapsulated inside…
India’s MOM Publishes Amazing Mars Images
Science—like literature and the arts—helps nations cooperate together, even when they're in conflict politically. The USA and Russia are in…