Mars

ExoMars 2016 Orbiter and Lander Mated for March Launch

Earth’s lone mission to the Red Planet this year has now been assembled into launch configuration and all preparations are…

9 years ago

Space Farmer Scott Kelly Harvests First ‘Space Zinnias’ Grown Aboard Space Station

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - Nearing the final days of his history making one-year-long sojourn in orbit, space farming NASA…

9 years ago

Obama Administration Proposes Smaller 2017 NASA Budget of $19 Billion with Big Exploration Cuts

The Obama Administration has announced its new Federal budget and is proposing to cut NASA’s Fiscal Year 2017 Budget to…

9 years ago

Retro Travel Posters Show Us The Future

These beautiful, retro-style posters from NASA recall the glory days of space tourism. That haven't happened yet.

9 years ago

Musk Says Hyperloop Could Work On Mars… Maybe Even Better!

During the awards ceremony for the Hyperloop Pod Competition, Elon Musk commented on the possibility of Hyperloop on Mars

9 years ago

NASA Unveils Orion Pressure Vessel at KSC Launching on EM-1 Moon Mission in 2018

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - NASA officials proudly unveiled the pressure vessel for the agency’s new Orion capsule destined to…

9 years ago

Peculiar ‘Cauliflower Rocks’ May Hold Clues To Ancient Mars Life

An Arizona State University research team hypothesizes that strange "cauliflower-shaped" rocks discovered by the Spirit Rover in 2008 may have…

9 years ago

NASA’s Orion Crew Module Backbone Arrives at KSC Aboard Super Guppy for Exploration Mission-1

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER - Looking amazingly like a fish flying across the skies high above the Florida space coast, NASA’s…

9 years ago

Opportunity Robustly in Action on 12th Anniversary of Red Planet Touchdown

NASA’s world famous Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity continues blazing a daily trail of unprecedented science first’s, still swinging her robotic…

9 years ago

First Space Zinnia Blooms and Catches Sun’s Rays on Space Station

The first Zinnia flower to bloom in space is dramatically catching the sun’s rays like we have never seen before…

9 years ago