Feb 05 WATCH: SpaceX launches the Falcon Heavy, the rocket that could go to Mars By Rashmi Shivni SpaceX's Falcon Heavy has a history-making test launch on February 6. Continue reading
Sep 21 Watch Man on Mars? NASA’s Maven spacecraft explores the possibility By PBS News Hour The NASA Maven spacecraft is expected to complete a 10-month voyage to Mars on Sunday. Once in orbit, NASA scientists will gather information about the Red Planet’s atmosphere. Information that will hopefully offer clues about Earth’s climate and the future… Continue watching
Aug 06 Watch How Rosetta can help decipher a comet’s secrets By PBS News Hour After a 10-year journey, the space probe Rosetta is orbiting a comet. The spacecraft is slated to follow the comet for more than a year on its way toward the sun. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Mark McCaughrean, senior scientific advisor… Continue watching
Aug 06 Rosetta spacecraft’s first images of comet By Larisa Epatko After a 10-year, 4-billion-mile journey, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta space probe reached its final destination on Wednesday: comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Continue reading
Nov 05 Watch Discovery of Earth-size planets rouses search for intelligent life Discovery of Earth-size planets incites the search for intelligent life… Continue watching
Mar 24 Watch Future Remains Murky for Newly Unveiled Orion Spacecraft Lockheed Martin unveils a prototype of its new Orion space vehicle. Continue watching
Oct 09 Watch Small Crash on Moon Could Have Big Scientific Impact Scientists hope crashing a probe into the moon will shed light on whether there is much water there. Continue watching
Oct 22 India Launches First Mission to the Moon By PBS News Hour India successfully launched its first mission to the moon Wednesday, an unmanned orbiter that will map the moon's surface and look for signs of water, ice and useful minerals. Continue reading
May 26 NASA’s Mars Spacecraft Lands, Transmits Photos of Arctic Terrain By PBS News Hour After a 10-month, 422-million-mile voyage, NASA's Phoenix Mars lander touched down Sunday and began transmitting pictures from the arctic plains of the Red Planet where scientists hope to find evidence of water and life-sustaining conditions. Continue reading
Sep 01 Lockheed Wins Contract for NASA Exploration Spacecraft By PBS News Hour NASA has awarded a multibillion dollar contract to Lockheed Martin to build a manned spacecraft to replace the retiring space shuttle fleet and ferry astronauts to the moon and possibly Mars. Continue reading