Topic: Phoenix Mars Lander

Is Mars sucking water from its own atmosphere?

Salty soils on Mars act to collect moisture from the Red Planet's atmosphere, according to new research. The salt and the moisture combine to create a brine that may encourage nutrients.

Nine places on Earth that mimic Mars terrain

Scientists say that Mars went through three ages, and the first age may have been habitable for life as we know it. Each stage on Mars can be found at nine different locations around the planet Earth today.

Chile mine rescue a success after last of the miners is raised to safety

The last of the 33 miners trapped underground for months has been brought to the surface in a joyous ending to the Chile mine rescue efforts.

Florencio Avalos is the first of 33 trapped miners to be lifted to the surface after the long awaited Chile mine rescue

Chile mine rescue: the first of the 33 trapped Chilean miners has been successfully rescued using a NASA-built escape capsule. Florencio Avalos greeted his family and Chilean President Sebastian Pinera in an emotional celebration after being freed from a collapsed mine in Chile.

Chilean miners rescue: escape capsule begins rescue of trapped men

The 33 trapped Chilean miners are counting down the minutes to their rescue as the NASA-built escape capsule arrives at the rescue platform 622 meters underground.

Chile mine rescue: 5 final steps to freedom

It took 33 days to drill a 622-meter shaft down to the 33 trapped miners, completed Monday. Several steps remain before freedom comes to the men who have lived a half-mile under the Atacama Desert since a mine collapse on Aug. 5.

Joy after Chile mine rescue drill reaches trapped miners

Chile mine rescue teams are now aiming for Wednesday to begin to hoist 33 miners from the copper and gold mine where they have been trapped for more than two months.

Should we explore Mars with a robot airplane?

NASA atmospheric scientist Joel Levine makes the case for flying an unmanned airplane over the Martian surface.

Gliese 581g: If there's life there, how will we know?

Gliese 581g could be scanned for radio emissions. And its atmosphere could be observed for signs of chemicals produced by manufacturing.

Mars a 'dead' planet? Its water history may suggest otherwise.

Carbon and water isotopes found in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere of Mars tell scientists that the red planet may not be dead after all.

Water on Mars first discovered 10 years ago. Is it still there?

Water on Mars first discovered ten years ago, might still flow on the surface of the red planet.

Did Mars once have oceans? New evidence says yes.

Sedimentary deposits suggest that Mars was once covered with seas and lakes of liquid water some 4.5 billion and 3.5 billion years ago.

Falcon 9 inaugural flight has a lot riding on it

There will be many eyes checking out the inaugural flight of the private Falcon 9 rocket Friday, launching from Florida.

NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander officially kaput

It's official: NASA has declared its Phoenix Mars Lander, which fell silent in November 2008, officially broken.

Life on Mars? NASA wants Martian rocks to find clues

NASA discusses trip to Mars to bring back rock and soil samples back to Earth. Here, they could be analyzed for fossilized traces of alien bacteria.

Redefining longevity: the new centenarian spirit

The US centenarian population is doubling every decade – and they're redefining aging and longevity.

NASA astronaut sends first direct tweet from space

A wireless connection on the International Space Station allowed NASA Flight Engineer T.J. Creamer to log on to Twitter.

NASA finds water ice in Mars craters

NASA's Mars Reconnaisance Orbiter spotted ice just below the surface that was exposed by fresh meteor crashes, not far from where the Viking 2 Lander looked in 1976.

Where should NASA go next: moon or Mars?

The moon is closer, but a Mars mission could be the Apollo 11 of this era.

Paging Ziggy Stardust: Scientists hail 'unambiguous' evidence of Mars lake

Space tourists: Wait for next seat could be long

Charles Simonyi returned to Earth Wednesday. It was the last trip on which nonastronauts could hitch a ride on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft.