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NASA's Viking 1 and 2 landers also picked up signals of the Martian wind when they landed in 1976.

NASA's InSight lander 'hears' wind on Mars

Two sensors picked up the vibrations: an air pressure sensor inside the lander and a seismometer on the lander's deck

08 Dec 2018 10:42 AM

Scientists believe that asteroids and comets crashing into early Earth delivered organic compounds and water that seeded the planet for life. (Photo: NASA)

NASA deep space probe reaches asteroid deemed potential Earth threat

Osiris-Rex embarked on NASA’s unprecedented seven-year mission to conduct a close-up survey of the asteroid Bennu.

05 Dec 2018 2:57 PM

NASA deep space probe reaches asteroid deemed potential Earth threat

Scientists estimate there is a one-in-2,700 chance of the asteroid slamming into Earth 166 years from now.

04 Dec 2018 11:09 AM

The European-Russian ExoMars also will sniff out possible past life. (Photo: AP)

Planet Earth working on 3 Mars landers to follow InSight

NASA’s InSight spacecraft touched down on the sweeping, red equatorial plains Monday, less than 400 miles from Curiosity.

03 Dec 2018 9:46 AM

InSight was engineered to operate on a surface with an inclination up to 15 degrees. (Representational image)

NASA's Martian quake sensor InSight lands at slight angle

The $993 million lander, a lava plain for a two-year mission aimed at better understanding how Earth's neighboring planet formed.

02 Dec 2018 1:36 PM

There are no landing pads or runways on Mars. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP)

NASA's Martian quake sensor InSight lands at slight angle

The vehicle sits slightly tilted (about 4 degrees) in a shallow dust- and sand-filled impact crater.

01 Dec 2018 11:46 AM

NASA officials said the research will help get astronauts back to the moon more quickly. (Pavel Golovkin, ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Next US moon landing will be by private companies, not NASA

The goal is to get small science and technology experiments to the surface of the moon as soon as possible.

01 Dec 2018 10:52 AM

The companies, some which will develop small launch vehicles and robotic rovers over the next 10 years.

NASA selects nine US companies to vie for moon program funding

As soon as 2022, NASA expects to begin construction on a new space station laboratory that will orbit the moon.

30 Nov 2018 7:44 AM

This illustration made available by NASA in October 2016 shows an illustration of NASA's InSight lander about to land on the surface of Mars. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP)

NASA spacecraft lands on red planet after six-month journey

NASA's InSight spacecraft will enter the Martian atmosphere at supersonic speed, then hit the brakes to land on the alien red plains.

27 Nov 2018 3:39 PM

Mars landing looms for NASA; anxiety building a day out

InSight’s journey of six months and 300 million miles (482 million kilometres) comes to a precarious grand finale on Monday afternoon.

26 Nov 2018 7:01 PM

This image made available by NASA shows the planet Mars. This composite photo was created from over 100 images of Mars taken by Viking Orbiters in the 1970s. The attraction is sure to grow on Monday, November 26 with the arrival of a NASA lander named InSight. (NASA via AP, File)

New lander will add to humans’ long fascination with Mars

In our solar system family, Mars is Earth’s next-of-kin, the next-door relative that has captivated humans for millennia.

26 Nov 2018 2:23 PM

The stationary probe, launched from California in May, will then pause for 16 minutes for the dust to settle, literally, around the landing site before its disc-shaped solar arrays unfurl to provide power. (Photo: NASA)

NASA spacecraft nears Red Planet on mission to detect 'marsquakes'

If all goes according to plan, InSight will streak into the pink Martian sky nearly 24 hours later at 12,000 miles per hour.

26 Nov 2018 11:50 AM

NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley will be the first two astronauts to test the commercial spaceflight.

NASA and SpaceX prep historic test flight to space

The SpaceX Crew Dragon can seat three astronauts.

24 Nov 2018 9:16 AM

The flight aims to provide NASA with performance data from the SpaceX spacecraft.

NASA and SpaceX prep historic test flight to space

The SpaceX Crew Dragon can seat three astronauts, but will be unpiloted for its first test flight.

23 Nov 2018 4:44 PM

NASA did not give further details on the reasons behind the move, but the Washington Post, which first reported it, said the review was prompted by the recent behavior of SpaceX’s founder Elon Musk, who was filmed drinking whiskey and briefly smoking marijuana during a live podcast in September.

Elon Musk smoking marijuana, drinking whiskey prompts NASA to review SpaceX workplace

NASA said it would conduct a “cultural assessment study” of the SpaceX and Boeing.

22 Nov 2018 10:21 AM

It will be mainly used for mapping, land surveying, agricultural monitoring, prevention and management of natural disasters, monitoring changes in the environment and desertification as well as border and coastal surveillance.

Arianespace launches Morocco's second earth observation satellite

Arianespace is majority-owned by a joint venture of Airbus and Safran.

22 Nov 2018 10:18 AM

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration said SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft - which will shuttle three astronauts to space from the same launch pad that sent Apollo 11’s three-man crew to the moon in 1969 - will make its debut flight atop SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket on Jan. 7.

SpaceX's crew rocket set for January test flight

SpaceX and Boeing Co are the two main contractors selected under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program

22 Nov 2018 10:17 AM

NASA did not give further details on the reasons behind the move.

NASA to review workplace safety culture at SpaceX, Boeing

NASA said it would conduct a “cultural assessment study” of the companies, “including the adherence to a drug-free environment.”

21 Nov 2018 10:22 AM

The telescope helped scientists learn about more Earth-size planets in the space.

NASA bids final adieu to Kepler Space Telescope

The final set of commands was to disconnect communications with Earth.

20 Nov 2018 11:43 AM

NASA probe beams back image of Jupiter's moon Io

Slightly larger than Earth's moon, Io is the most volcanically active world in the solar system.

19 Nov 2018 2:07 PM

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NASA's InSight lander 'hears' wind on Mars

NASA deep space probe reaches asteroid deemed potential Earth threat

NASA deep space probe reaches asteroid deemed potential Earth threat

Planet Earth working on 3 Mars landers to follow InSight

NASA's Martian quake sensor InSight lands at slight angle

NASA's Martian quake sensor InSight lands at slight angle

Next US moon landing will be by private companies, not NASA

NASA selects nine US companies to vie for moon program funding

NASA spacecraft lands on red planet after six-month journey

Mars landing looms for NASA; anxiety building a day out

New lander will add to humans’ long fascination with Mars

NASA spacecraft nears Red Planet on mission to detect 'marsquakes'

NASA and SpaceX prep historic test flight to space

NASA and SpaceX prep historic test flight to space

Elon Musk smoking marijuana, drinking whiskey prompts NASA to review SpaceX workplace

Arianespace launches Morocco's second earth observation satellite

SpaceX's crew rocket set for January test flight

NASA to review workplace safety culture at SpaceX, Boeing

NASA bids final adieu to Kepler Space Telescope

NASA probe beams back image of Jupiter's moon Io

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