... miles left to fly before arriving at Mars, NASA's Phoenix spacecraft is on track for its destination in ... arctic. Phoenix will land farther north on Mars than any previous mission, at a site expected ...
NASA said the Phoenix Mars Lander, which has a Canadian-built weather station aboard, touched down safely Sunday on the Red Planet after travelling 10 months and 640 million kilometres.
One day after a picture-perfect landing on Mars, NASA’s Phoenix lander seemed to be in perfect health.
One week after landing on far-northern Mars, NASA Phoenix spacecraft lifted its first scoop of Martian soil as a test of the lander's Robotic Arm.
It's a first. "Perfect evidence" of water ice—a key ingredient for life—has been found on Mars, NASA says.
... After weeks of testing the soil in the Martian arctic, NASA's Phoenix lander has confirmed through chemical analysis the presence of water on another planet, scientists revealed today.
... an unexpected chemical in Martian soil--one that is considered hazardous here on Earth--says little by itself about the possibility of life on Mars, NASA researchers announced this afternoon. [More]
After rumors of a major discovery bearing on the possibility of life on Mars, NASA announced the results of a soil test that has nothing directly to do with the planet’s habitability.
... CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Getting humans to Mars will require medical research on the International Space ... scientist, presenting a time frame five years beyond NASA's current budget forecast.
Fresh meteorite impacts are exposing underground ice on Mars. NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is beaming back must-see photos of the process at work.
... -resolution pictures ever taken of dust and sand on the surface of another planet as it prepares for its primary mission of searching for signs of life on Mars, NASA scientists said on Thursday.
... almost organized fashion. It turns out,NASA was examining similar patterns on the sandy surface of Mars.
NASA proposed that wind was moving these rocks around. But Leier, who co-authored the study ...