Volunteers to be isolated for 520 days on simulated Mars mission

Four Europeans vying to become guinea pigs for a 520-day simulated mission to Mars say they…

Mars500 candidates with Simonetta Di Pippo at ESTEC – Image

Credits: ESA - Anneke Le Floc'h, 2010

Analyzing Discovery’s Test Data

Today at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, engineers will discuss data from tests performed last…

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HAYABUSA will skim the geosynchronous orbit

Hayabusa will skim the geosynchronous orbit

NAI ‘Removes Walls’ for Virtual Conference

A virtual "Workshop Without Walls" conference hosted last week by the NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI) drew…

NASA Schedules News Conference about Next Space Shuttle Launch

NASA managers will hold a news conference on Friday, March 26, at the agency's Kennedy Space…

A Burst of Spring

Spring has sprung on Mars, bringing with it the disappearance of carbon dioxide ice (dry ice)…

First-time cosmonauts set to blast off with toy duck

Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov brandished a small toy duck Friday as he and his crewmates prepared…