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For the first time in seven months, the Mars rover moved. Complete Story...
For NASA's stuck Mars rover, the Spirit may be willing, but the wheels could prove too weak. The space agency on Thursday outlined a rescue plan to try to free the rover Spirit, which has been bogged in a sand trap on the red planet for half a year. The risky operation is expected to last several months.
Some Dove Caramel Pecan Perfection Ice Cream is being recalled because it may contain peanuts that weren't specified on the label.
A spacecraft orbiting Mars has spotted water ice in several impact craters midway between the north pole and equator — the first time ice so close to the surface has been discovered so far south on the red planet.
One of the options for future space exploration has been criticized as a "look but don't touch" strategy, but the flexible-path option may turn out to be NASA's best bet. Commentary by NBC News' James Oberg.
Russian engineers broke a red wax seal and six men emerged from a metal hatch after 105 days of isolation in a mock spacecraft, still smiling after testing the stresses that space travelers may face on the journey to Mars.
New images suggest Mars had a sizable lake on its surface billions of years ago, further evidence that the planet had a watery past.
For almost half a century, the United States has dominated the exploration of Mars from the first grainy black-and-white pictures of the craggy surface to the more recent discovery of ice.
NASA says its powerful Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is in safe mode after being hit by a cosmic ray or solar particle.
The Mars rover Spirit has become stuck in loose dirt while ambling around a low plateau, NASA said Monday.
NASA's aging Mars rover Spirit has rebooted its computer at least twice for unknown reasons.
An international team of researchers entered a claustrophobic metal module in northern Moscow Tuesday to spend three months in windowless isolation intended to simulate the stress and fatigue of space flight to Mars.
Did NASA's Phoenix Mars lander find evidence of liquid water before it froze to death?
NASA engineers are trying to figure out why an orbiting Mars spacecraft went into safe mode this week.
Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., are trying to figure out why the Mars rover Spirit is acting erratically.
A surprising and mysterious belch of methane gas on Mars hints at possible microbial life underground, but also could come from changes in rocks, a new NASA study found. The presence of methane on Mars could be significant because by far most of the gas on Earth is a byproduct of life — from animal digestion and decaying plants and animals.
Five years after the NASA rover Spirit landed on Mars, the six-wheel robotic geologist and its twin Opportunity are still on the job.
An orbiting spacecraft has discovered a key mineral in bedrock on the Martian surface that suggests the planet might once have had an environment hospitable to life, scientists reported Thursday.
NASA on Monday declared an end to the Phoenix mission, some five months after the spacecraft became the first to land in Mars' arctic plains and taste water on another planet. Mission engineers have not heard from the Phoenix lander in over a week. It fell silent shortly after a raging dust storm blocked sunlight from reaching its solar panels.
NASA's Phoenix Mars spacecraft regained contact with Earth more than a day after falling silent, but its days operating on the red planet are still numbered, mission managers said Thursday.
Mars Inc. has closed a $23 billion deal to purchase chewing-gum giant Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., the companies said Monday, making the combined business the world's largest candy maker.
NASA's Phoenix spacecraft has discovered evidence of past water at its Martian landing site and spotted falling snow for the first time, scientists reported Monday. Soil experiments revealed the presence of two minerals known to be formed in liquid water. Scientists identified the minerals as calcium carbonate, found in limestone and chalk, and sheet silicate.
Shareholders of chewing-gum maker Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. approved the company's $23 billion sale to Mars Inc., paving the way for the formation of the world's largest candy maker.
Shareholders of Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. have approved the company's $23 billion sale to Mars Inc., a move that will end more than a century of family control as the chewing-gum company becomes part of what will now be the world's largest candy maker.
NASA tries again to free stuck Mars roverNASA engineers are taking a second go at extricating the stuck rover Spirit from its sandy trap on Mars.
Efforts Begin to Free the Martian Rover Spirit From a Sand Pit - NYTimes.comThe NASA rover Spirit, stuck in sand on Mars, tried to move Tuesday for the first time since May. In less than a second, it stopped.
NASA to try to free stuck Mars rover SpiritNASA on Thursday outlined a rescue plan to try to free the rover Spirit, which has been bogged in a sand trap on the red planet for half a year. The risky operation is expected to last several months.
Stuck Mars rover to begin movingMonths of planning are finally coming to fruition: NASA engineers are ready to begin trying to maneuver the plucky rover Spirit out of its sandy trap on Mars.
There are a lot of issues facing America. A bad economy, two wars and a lowered image in the civilized world thanks to the last administration.
Maltesers ruling leaves Mars coldA trademark ruling that a Malteser cannot be mistaken for any other chocolate ball "sends a shiver down the spines" of the owners of big brands, an appeal hearing has been told.
Mars rover Spirit has amnesia - againNASA's Mars rover Spirit is suffering a new bout of amnesia, one that comes after months of being stuck in deep Martian sand.
Exploring The Final Frontier: Disease Proposed As Major Barrier To Mars And BeyondA new report appearing in The Journal of Leukocyte Biology argues that human missions to Mars, as well as all other long-term space flights might be compromised by microbial hitchhikers, such as bacteria.
Mars Society Statement Regarding Augustine Commission ReportAmericans want and deserve a space program that is actually going somewhere and is worth the risk and monetary costs. In order for that to happen, a radically different methodology to that being accepted by the Augustine Commission must be employed.
Mars can wait; NASA should try landing on asteroids firstMars can wait; NASA should try landing on asteroids first
Lets do your job media. This Heene family is exposing themselves as frauds By now you must have already watch the CNN interview from last night where the kid admits "we did this for the show" while the parents scramble to make excuses.
Edit 3: Are you guys watching this interview on Larry King Live? Did this kid Falcon say something along the lines of "for show" when they asked him why he didn't come out when people were calling him?
Trips to Mars in 39 Days Using traditional chemical rockets, a trip to Mars – at quickest — lasts 6 months. But a new rocket tested successfully last week could potentially cut down travel time to the Red Planet to just 39 days.
Radar Map Of Buried Mars Layers Matches Climate CyclesInteresting results from the Mars Recon Orbiter regarding radar probing of the polar ice caps of Mars. (No this has nothing to do with Earthly global warming)
Astronauts could reach Mars in 2020s, panel saysHumans could orbit Mars in the 2020s, says a panel appointed by the White House – but only if NASA's budget is boosted.
How Mars Turned Red: Surprising New Theory An interesting story about Mars that has NOTHING to do with politics.
Fly me to Mars. One-wayClearly, some creative thinking is badly needed if humans are to have a future beyond Earth. Returning to the Moon may be worthy and attainable, but it fails to capture the public's imagination. What does get people excited is the prospect of a mission to Mars.
NASA currently has a webpage where you can fill in your name and zip code, and this information will be written on a microchip going to Mars with the upcoming Mars Science Laboratory.
You just knew they had something in mind for the International Space Station besides studying the weather and sending really nice pictures back to Earth. In fact, the ISS is critical in NASA's plan to land astronauts on Mars in less than sixteen years.
Has Jesus Christ Been Spotted On Mars?Can You See Jesus Christ On Mars? Our friend Jesus seems to show up everywhere, so it was only a matter of time before he showed up on Mars...
Thousands of New Images Show Mars in High ResolutionThousands of newly released images from more than 1,500 telescopic observations by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show a wide range of gullies, dunes, craters, geological layering and other features on the Red Planet.
In 1961, the Cold War raged, and for a confrontation that didn't involve combat or military assault it was pretty damned scary.
A One-Way Ticket to Mars The largest stumbling block to a consideration of one-way missions is probably political. NASA and Congress are unlikely to do something that could be perceived as signing the death warrants of astronauts.
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