A group of NASA scientists recently fielded questions from the public about how a long trip to Mars could physically and mentally impact astronauts, and how the One-Year Mission can help make them safer.
Europe’s Ariane 5 rocket on March 8 successfully placed the Eutelsat 65 West A multi-band telecommunications satellite into geostationary transfer orbit, in the vehicle’s 71st consecutive success, its second of 2016.
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s HiRise imager has delivered detailed high resolution imagery since taking settling into orbit in March 2006.
A draft version of a comprehensive space policy bill seeks to make changes to management and regulation of space activities at NASA, the Defense Department, and other federal agencies while pushing the government to rely more on commercial capabilities.
See photos and a video of Tuesday's (March 8) total solar eclipse, as seen by Space.com skywatching columnist Joe Rao and other passengers aboard a commercial flight from Alaska to Hawaii.
The real-life "Death Star" that astronomers recently caught in the act of destroying a planetary building block is continuing to disintegrate orbiting objects. This finding could shed light on how dead stars rip apart their planetary systems.
Aspiring artists will have a shot at getting their work blasted into space and delivered,in digital form,to the asteroid Bennu on the upcoming Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer(OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft.
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) arrived at the Red Planet on March 10, 2006 and has made a number of important discoveries in the decade since.
The 'Lunar Umbra' traveled across the surface of the Earth on March 8th, 2016 during a total solar eclipse. NASA's Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR), orbiting 1.6 million kilometers (1 million miles) from Earth.
The Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) and Schiaparelli lander, which together constitute the first part of the two-phase ExoMars mission, were attached to a Russian Proton rocket at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan over the weekend.
The European Space Agency's ExoMars 2016 mission is set to launch on March 14 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. When it arrives at the Red Planet, NASA's Opportunity rover may be in the right place at the right time.