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NASA probe lands on Mars The Mars Phoenix Lander has completed its 296-day, 422 million-mile journey to Mars. Directors had remained anxious over the first-ever landing of a probe near Mars' north pole to find signs of life, saying there was about a 50-50 chance of a successful touchdown. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > CNN |
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Gallery: NASA's Most Embarrassing Goofs : Image courtesy NASAFrom equipment installed backwards to problems with the metric system, NASA's failures can be as fascinating as its successes. Of course, more cynical critics might suggest that NASA's failures overshadow its successes -- but let's see you send a ship to the moon. Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Gallery: NASA's Most Embarrassing Goofs : Image courtesy NASAFrom equipment installed backwards to problems with the metric system, NASA's failures can be as fascinating as its successes. Of course, more cynical critics might suggest that NASA's failures overshadow its successes -- but let's see you send a ship to the moon. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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NASA: 50 Years of Towering Achievement One of the indelible memories for anyone living through the 1960s was watching CBS newsman Walter Cronkite anchor another televised liftoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Throughout the decade, from Alan Shepard through Neil Armstrong, Cronkite made it clear to his audience that they we Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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NASA: 50 Years of Towering Achievement One of the indelible memories for anyone living through the 1960s was watching CBS newsman Walter Cronkite anchor another televised liftoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Throughout the decade, from Alan Shepard through Neil Armstrong, Cronkite made it clear to his audience that they we Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Gallery: NASA's Most Amazing Extraterrestrial Vehicles : Image: Courtesy NASA NASA's mission is to take humans where they've never been before, so in honor of the agency's 50th anniversary, we take a look through the vehicles NASA's used to carry us into the unknown. This gallery looks through all the eras of NASA from the early glori Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Gallery: NASA's Most Amazing Extraterrestrial Vehicles : Image: Courtesy NASA NASA's mission is to take humans where they've never been before, so in honor of the agency's 50th anniversary, we take a look through the vehicles NASA's used to carry us into the unknown. This gallery looks through all the eras of NASA from the early glori Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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NASA probe finds opals in Martian crevices Mars became Australian uninhabitable later than thought A NASA space probe orbiting Mars has discovered deposits of opals in the mighty Valles Marineris canyon system* east of Tharsis. Opals aren't valuable enough to justify interplanetary trade, but the discovery is significant as it suggests th Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |
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NASA's Phoenix Set to Touch Down on Red Planet - NPR dBTechnoNASA's Phoenix Set to Touch Down on Red PlanetNPR - 58 minutes agoby Joe Palca All Things Considered, May 23, 2008 · The Mars Phoenix probe is scheduled to touch down on Mars around 7:53 Eastern Time on Sunday.NASA's Phoenix Spacecraft Set to Land on Mars N Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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NASA nail-biter as Mars landing nears Despite the success of NASA's Spirit and Opportunity missions, directors remained anxious Sunday over the first-ever landing of a probe near Mars' north pole to find signs of life. Home > Rss Directory > General > CNN |
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Mars lander has probably carked it, says NASA Phoenix robot won't rise again The Phoenix robot lander, situated in the arctic dune seas of Mars, has ceased communicating and NASA does not expect to hear from it again. The onset of autumn in the chilly polar plains of the Red Planet has, as was expected, meant that the probe's solar panels ca Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |
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NASA probe sends first pictures from Martian arctic
(AFP) AFP - A NASA probe sent back never-before-seen pictures of Mars' north pole Monday, in the most ambitious mission to date to find life-sustaining minerals on the Red Planet. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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NASA robot sends back evidence it's snowing on Mars - Computerworld Science CentricNASA robot sends back evidence it's snowing on MarsComputerworld - 1 hour agoBy Sharon Gaudin Forget trying to find evidence that there used to be water on Mars. Scientists from NASA said today that its instruments on the Red Planet have detected falling Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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NASA: Success! Mars Lander finally does first ice test - Computerworld TVNZNASA: Success! Mars Lander finally does first ice testComputerworld - 40 minutes agoBy Sharon Gaudin July 31, 2008 (Computerworld) Just as NASA announced the extension of the Phoenix Mars mission by five weeks, its scientists disclosed that they finally got the firs Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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NASA Dispels Internet Rumors About Life On Mars - InformationWeek BBC NewsNASA Dispels Internet Rumors About Life On MarsInformationWeek - 2 hours agoOfficials caution against rumors, conspiracy theories, and speculation as interest grows and the Phoenix Mars Lander continues to collect specimens from the Red Planet.NASA fights ru Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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NASA's Spirit Mars rover imperiled by dust storms - Los Angeles Times Canada.comNASA's Spirit Mars rover imperiled by dust stormsLos Angeles Times - 45 minutes agoThe craft is dangerously low on power because of dust covering its solar arrays. News of the problem comes a day after NASA declared an end to the Phoenix polar mission.RIP Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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As Endeavour Lands, NASA Preps For Next Shuttle Mission - InformationWeek BBC NewsAs Endeavour Lands, NASA Preps For Next Shuttle MissionInformationWeek - 13 hours agoThe space shuttle Endeavour touched down safely in California Sunday after a 16-day trip of more than 6.6 million miles. By KC Jones NASA's space shuttle Endeavour landed safely Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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NASA waves off Endeavour's first landing opportunity - People's Daily Online CTV.caNASA waves off Endeavour's first landing opportunityPeople's Daily Online - 4 hours agoNASA has waved off Endeavour's first landing opportunity at Kennedy Space Center in Florida due to bad weather, now waiting for the second landing chance there on Sunday afterno Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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NASA shoots down Mars rumors: we're not sure what we've got - Ars Technica Telegraph.co.ukNASA shoots down Mars rumors: we're not sure what we've gotArs Technica - 3 hours agoBy John Timmer | Published: August 05, 2008 - 02:21PM CT Over the weekend, rumors started rebounding around the Internet: initial work from the Mars Phoenix lander had fo Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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NASA cut means no roving for Mars rover
(AP) AP - Scientists plan to put one of the twin Mars rovers to sleep and limit the activities of the other robot to fulfill a NASA order to cut $4 million from the program's budget, mission team members said Monday. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |