CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A quake-measuring device on Mars is providing the first detailed look at the red planet’s interior, revealing a surprisingly thin crust and a hot molten core beneath the frigid surface. In a series of articles…
BEIJING (AP) — The dusty, rocky Martian surface and a Chinese rover and lander bearing small national flags were seen in photos released Friday that the rover took on the red planet. The four pictures released by the China National…
By MARCIA DUNN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A navigation timing error sent NASA’s little Mars helicopter on a wild, lurching ride, its first major problem since it took to the Martian skies last month. The experimental helicopter, named Ingenuity,…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — First came the amazing pictures, then the video. Now NASA is sharing sounds of its little helicopter humming through the thin Martian air. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California released this first-ever audio Friday, just…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s little Mars helicopter has gotten a reprieve. Instead of wrapping up flight tests at the beginning of May, NASA is giving its Ingenuity helicopter at least an extra month to tackle tough new terrain…
NASA’s experimental Mars helicopter has taken flight.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A piece of the Wright brothers’ first airplane is on Mars. NASA’s experimental Martian helicopter holds a small swatch of fabric from the 1903 Wright Flyer, the space agency revealed Tuesday. The helicopter, named Ingenuity,…
Source: NASA Perseverance is sending back wind sounds from Mars. The super cam microphone is located at the top of the rover's mast. The recording might sound a bit muffled because the mast was still down.…
By MARCIA DUNN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s newest Mars rover hit the dusty red road this week, putting 21 feet on the odometer in its first test drive. The Perseverance rover ventured from its landing position Thursday, two…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The huge parachute used by NASA’s Perseverance rover to land on Mars contained a secret message, thanks to a puzzle lover on the spacecraft team. Systems engineer Ian Clark used a binary code to spell…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The world got its first close-up look at a Mars landing on Friday, as NASA released a stunning picture of its newest rover being lowered onto the dusty red surface. The photo was released less…
Arizona's Grand Canyon may have met its match and it's not even on this planet. NASA released this photo of a canyon on Mars, the largest canyon in our solar system. It stretches over 2,500 miles across the Martian equator…
Source: NASA The search for ancient life on Mars continues with the launch of a new rover set to take off for the red planet this week! NASA is hoping to launch its latest rover, “Perseverance," this Thursday, July 30th.…
NASA is one small step closer to their mission to Mars. Today the first Boeing build core stage for NASA’s Space Launch System was shipped by the agency’s Pegasus Barge from the Michoud Assembly Facility near New Orleans to NASA’s…
More than 50 years after putting the first men on the moon with its Apollo program, NASA is working on an ambitious new program to go back to the moon. The program is called ‘Artemis,’ named after Apollo’s twin sister,…
Was Mars once home to microbial life? Is it today? Could it be a safe home for humans one day? NASA hopes to answer these questions and more on a crewed journey to Mars. But what will it take to…
State officials from Mississippi and Louisiana had breakfast at the Infinity Science Center Thursday morning to hear about the future of the space center and its local impact.