Jan 19 Spirit, Opportunity Test New Software Capabilities By PBS News Hour The NASA rovers Spirit and Opportunity, which began their fourth year on Mars this month, are testing new software as they continue to investigate the planet's hills and craters. Continue reading
Dec 07 Watch NASA Images Provide Possible Evidence of Water on Mars NASA images of a Mars crater taken seven years apart show deposits that may have been created by briefly running water. A guest explains the new possibility of life. Continue watching
Dec 06 Orbiter Images Suggest Water Flowed Recently on Mars By PBS News Hour NASA images of Mars unveiled Wednesday showed bright new sediment deposits in craters that suggest the presence of water -- at least briefly -- within the last several years. Continue reading
Dec 05 Watch NASA Solidifies Plans to Send Astronauts Back to Moon NASA offered a blueprint Monday for sending teams of astronauts to the moon by 2020 and building a permanent base there by 2024. An editor of NASA Watch explains the plans. Continue watching
Dec 05 NASA Aims for Permanent Base on Moon by 2024 By PBS News Hour Two years after President Bush proposed to return astronauts to the moon, NASA announced plans Monday for manned trips there by 2020 and the construction of a permanent base, most likely near the Shackleton crater on the moon's south pole,… Continue reading
Sep 29 Watch Mars Rover Begins Exploration of Key Crater The Mars rover Opportunity reached the rim of the Victoria Crater on Mars, capturing new images of a 900-meter depression that could reveal information about the possibility of life on the Red Planet. Principal scientist Steve Squyres discusses the mission's… Continue watching
Dec 12 Rovers Complete First Martian Year Showing Some Wear By PBS News Hour The two rovers examining rocks and soil on Mars have ended their first Martian year, much longer than anyone expected, with some technical glitches but are still capable of gathering data. Continue reading
Sep 02 Spirit Reaches Mountain Peak on Mars By PBS News Hour NASA's rover Spirit has reached the summit of a bedrock mountain on Mars, and from that vantage point, mission managers will plot the robotic explorer's next move among the numerous intriguing surrounding geologic features. Continue reading
Feb 24 Images, Rock on Mars Yield More Proof of Watery Past By PBS News Hour The Spirit rover on Mars has found a sulfur-infused rock that gives the most compelling evidence yet of how water affected the planet's surface, while the European Space Agency's orbiting probe has photographed proof of an underground frozen sea. Continue reading
Jan 26 Second NASA Rover Lands on Mars; Spirit Prognosis Improves NASA celebrated the successful landing of its second rover, Opportunity, Saturday night on the opposite side of Mars from its twin rover, Spirit. Continue reading