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Exposing the dark side of the universe

World
2009-11-19

NASA plans to launch a space telescope next month that will scan the heavens for the infrared glow of celestial objects never seen because they are too dim, dusty or distant. The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer,...

NASA, Microsoft launch Web site on Mars

Business | Information industry
2009-11-18

NASA and Microsoft Corp. have collaborated to create a Web site to allow earthlings to become Martians, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) announced yesterday. By surfing the "Be a Martian" Web site, internet...

Rescue bid for Mars rover all systems go

World
2009-11-14

NASA has outlined a rescue plan to try to free the Mars rover Spirit, which has been bogged in a sand trap on the red planet for half a year, in a risky operation expected to last several months. "If it cannot...

Going up? Next stop is space

World
2009-11-8

A SEATTLE team has collected a US$900,000 prize in a NASA-backed competition to develop the concept of an elevator to space - an idea spurred by science fiction novels. The team's robotic machine raced up more...

Firing rocket at moon created useful data for research: NASA

World
2009-10-19

NASA'S much-hyped mission to hurl a spacecraft into the moon turned out some worthwhile data after all, scientists said. New images show a mile-high plume of lunar debris from the Cabeus crater shortly after the...

Crashes on moon get icy response

World
2009-10-10

NASA smacked two spacecraft into the lunar south pole yesterday in a search for hidden ice but the big live public splash people anticipated didn't quite happen. Instruments confirm that a large empty rocket hull...

Water on moon confirmed by NASA

World
2009-9-26

INTERNATIONAL space missions have found ice on the moon and more evidence of ice on Mars -- good news for future settlements and also for scientists looking for extraterrestrial life. Four reports published in...

NASA turns to private firms in race to space

World
2009-9-19

SOMETIME in the next six years, astronauts bound for the International Space Station may find themselves strapped inside a private commercial spacecraft known as Dragon. They would take off from a refurbished...

NASA: The mouse that soared

World
2009-9-12

SCIENTISTS at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have succeeded in levitating mice, a feat that they say could lead to advances in treating bone loss for astronauts living for extended periods in low gravity environments....

NASA envisions humans on Mars

World
2009-9-10

A NASA strategy proposal shifts the United States human space program away from returning to the moon in favor of a stepping-stone approach aimed at reaching Mars, including using commercial space launch services,...