Mar 04 WATCH LIVE: NASA commander Scott Kelly discusses his one-year space mission By Nsikan Akpan At 2 p.m. EST today, astronaut Scott Kelly will be live from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, where he will share his personal perspective on his 340-day mission in space. Continue reading
Mar 02 Watch 3:50 Astronaut's record orbit concludes with safe return By PBS News Hour Astronaut Scott Kelly spent 340 days -- the longest an American has ever been in space -- on the International Space Station before descending into Kazakhstan by capsule Tuesday evening. Kelly’s extraterrestrial sojourn was part of a study on the… Continue watching
Feb 28 10 stellar tweets to mark Scott Kelly's record-breaking year in space By Shawn Paik Scott Kelly returns to Earth on Tuesday after spending a record-breaking year in space. His 340-day enterprise marks NASA's longest spaceflight and serves as critical prep-work and research for future Mars exploration. Continue reading
Nov 05 What colors paint Mars' northern lights? New results from NASA's MAVEN mission By Nsikan Akpan NASA announces new findings about Mars' atmosphere and the evolution of the planet. Continue reading
Sep 28 Watch 5:22 Where there's water on Earth, there's life. Is the same true on Mars? By PBS News Hour NASA has found evidence of liquid water on Mars. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the inevitable question: does this mean there could be some form of life on the red planet?… Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch 54:04 PBS NewsHour full episode September 28, 2015 By PBS News Hour Monday on the NewsHour, President Obama and President Putin offer different visions about how to fight the Islamic State in Syria. Also: Donald Trump unveils his tax plan, Egyptian Abdel Fattah al-Sisi discusses his country’s turmoil, NASA finds streams of… Continue watching
Sep 28 Mars has flowing rivers of briny water, NASA satellite reveals By Nsikan Akpan NASA solves part of the mystery about water on Mars… Continue reading
Sep 15 Watch 2:25 What NASA's twin tests will teach us about life in space By PBS News Hour What are the long-term effects of living in space? Astronaut Scott Kelly is now halfway through a year-long mission. In our NewsHour Shares video of the day, NASA offers a progress report, comparing Scott with his twin brother, retired astronaut… Continue watching
Jun 14 Watch 4:42 These six people simulated a mission to Mars on a Hawaiian volcano By PBS News Hour A NASA-funded study is focusing on the psychological impact of a potential mission to Mars. For the past eight months, six people have been living in a self-sustaining 1,000 square-foot dome on the Mauna Loa Volcano in Hawaii, cut off… Continue watching
May 11 NASA's Curiosity captures blue sunset on the Red Planet By Joshua Barajas Last month, NASA’s Curiosity rover captured a blue sunset on the Red Planet. The sight was poetic enough to inspire the rover to quote T.S. Eliot in a tweet. Continue reading