May 25 2011
Mars Formed Fast, Stayed Small
Earth and Venus may have protected Mars from planet-building impacts common in the solar system's early days.
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May 25 2011
Mars Formed Fast, Stayed Small
Earth and Venus may have protected Mars from planet-building impacts common in the solar system's early days.
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May 25 2011
Mars Rover Down: Spirit is Dead
NASA has confirmed news that was as inevitable as it was unwelcome: orbiting Mars satellites will cease search operations for the fallen rover at the end of the month.
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May 13 2011
NASA Mars Rover Parts Arrive at Launch Site
An Air Force C-17 transport plane landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida last night with the first parts of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory.
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May 11 2011
Blogging From Mars? Log On to the Interplanetary Internet
Speaking at the Interlop 2011 conference on Tuesday, Vint Cerf, chief Internet evangelist for Google, discussed ongoing plans for a standardized "Interplanetary Internet."
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Apr 21 2011
Mars Mission Simulation Planned for ISS
A week-long simulation would be the first step in a series of increasingly more complicated -- and realistic -- Mars-like operations.
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Apr 15 2011
Space Music: The Sound of Pipe Organs on Mars
What does a pipe organ sound like on Venus and Mars? A British and American researcher are way ahead of you on this one.
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Apr 13 2011
Money: The Next Human Spaceflight Incentive?
Are we at a cross-roads in human spaceflight? Or are we in a steady decline? On the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's first flight, Discovery News space producer Ian O'Neill shares his opinion.
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Mar 29 2011
Mars Rover Down? Spirit Stays Silent
Despite NASA's best efforts to wake her, Mars Exploration Rover Spirit remains silent on the Red Planet's surface.
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Mar 28 2011
NASA Cans James Cameron’s Mars Camera
NASA is dumping plans for a pair of high-resolution 3-D zoom cameras being developed by film director James Cameron for the new Mars rover, Curiosity.
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