Nasa's Phoenix Mars Lander is due to set down on the icy northern plains after a 423-million-mile journey from Earth.
... (Reuters) - Scientists working on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander mission are reporting what they call compelling evidence that the robot craft has found ice while digging on the Martian surface ...
The NASA craft recorded ice crystals coming from clouds and found evidence of soil minerals that support Mars's history as a watery world, researchers announced.
The rocket carrying a new NASA craft for monitoring carbon dioxide suffered a technical glitch shortly after launch that caused the satellite to fall into the ocean.
NASA is scheduled to launch the Kepler spacecraft later this week. The space observatory will spend more than three years traveling through space searching for Earth-like planets.
The same process that drives auroras on Earth is ten times more intense on tiny Mercury, where it creates invisible whirlwinds of particles, data from a NASA craft have revealed.
NASA craft gets first detailed views of some parts of the planet
Get an astronaut's-eye view of a volcanic eruption, examine a newfound Martian meteorite, see proof that a NASA craft smashed into the moon, and more in the week's best space pictures.
NASA is scheduled on Friday to launch the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, which will photograph the entire sky every six months.
NASA heads into 2010 with the bittersweet assignment of retiring the space shuttle after nearly three decades ...
... stating 'DIY' and 'Craft' redundant? Perhaps, but the main story is about the cooler, hipper NASA teaming ... . They even use a pun for the title: "NASA and Etsy present the 2010 Space Craft Contest" You ...
Scientists say a NASA spacecraft braved a cosmic ice storm during a recent flight past a small comet.
PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 31 (UPI) -- NASA's Stardust spacecraft has sent back the first images of comet Tempel 1, the intended target of a close flyby next month, U.S. officials said.
... ANGELES (AP) -- After a long-distance courtship, a NASA spacecraft is set to meet up with its celestial sweetheart ...
Earth is about to get better acquainted with its oddball planetary cousin, Mercury, a rocky wonderland of extremes.
