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
May 01 Mission to Mars may warp astronaut brains By Nsikan Akpan One day, space explorers might stroll along the red rocks of Mars. But radiation exposure during the trip may wipe away their memories of home. A new report says that cosmic rays can change the physical architecture of the… Continue reading
Mar 06 Watch 4:08 What two discoveries suggest about life in the solar system By PBS News Hour Science correspondent Miles O’Brien joins Judy Woodruff to discuss two space stories that center around the search for life and how it began. NASA’s Dawn spacecraft arrived in orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres, which scientists believe shows signs of… Continue watching
Mar 04 Short circuit halts NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover for days By Joshua Barajas NASA’s Curiosity rover will take a break from gathering samples of the dusty Martian landscape, while engineers determine whether a short circuit damaged the robot’s arm, the space agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory said Tuesday. Continue reading
Feb 24 Watch a stunning blue sunset — on Mars By Justin Scuiletti Are you a fan of watching sunsets? Well, NASA has an out-of-this-world one to show you. Continue reading
Feb 16 How much would you sacrifice to be the first person on Mars? By Joshua Barajas Michael McDonnell has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. He has a physics degree. He’s worked in hazardous environments. His hope is that these qualifications will convince a selection committee that he’s the perfect candidate for the first human voyage to Mars. So… Continue reading
Feb 02 Does spaceflight accelerate immune system aging? By Justin Scuiletti According to a new study, spaceflight may have detrimental effects on the immune system. Continue reading