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coondoggie writes "NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) are aiming to cooperate on all manner of robotic orbiters, landers and exploration devices for a future trip to Mars. Specifically, NASA and ESA recently agreed to consider the establishment of a new joint initiative to define and implement their scientific, programmatic, and technological goals for the exploration of Mars. The program ...
Cool news: On Nov. 13, NASA announced that a "significant amount" of water had been found on the moon. The finding expands our understanding of the Earth's closest neighbor and opens new opportunities for human exploration.
Sam Rockwell talked about his 2009 with us, a year of space travel in "Moon" and shooting his part for the upcoming "Iron Man 2."
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will present astronaut Fred Haise, Jr., with NASA's Ambassador of Exploration Award during a ceremony on Wednesday, Dec. 2, at the Gorenflo Elementary School in Biloxi, Miss. Haise will present the award, consisting of a moon rock encased in Lucite for display, to Paul Tisdale, superintendent of the Biloxi Public ...
A NASA satellite that helps forecasters measure hurricane winds has failed.
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: The Galaxy Zoo's latest online experiment is a “cosmic slot machine” that matches galactic smash-ups with computer simulations. The payoff? Pure science.
Space shuttle Atlantis glided safely back to Earth this morning, ending Clearwater astronaut Nicole Stott's three months in space.
NASA scientists have produced the most compelling evidence yet that bacterial life exists on Mars
A star's spectacular death in the constellation Taurus was observed on Earth as the supernova of 1054 A.D.
Inside the massive Vertical Motion Simulator at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif., engineers test designs for next-generation lunar landers.