the earth and mars are on a white image, looped in a red dotted line and green dotted line with spacecraft traveling between them. First of all, a bit of background. China's second International ...

"If, as has been reported, China successfully executes even a 'grab sample' at Mars and returns it safely to Earth before the U.S., that would constitute a 'Sputnik Moment.'" It appears that China ...

The moon and Mars will share a close approach in the night sky tonight (Nov. 20), coming close enough together for a nice pairing for the naked eye or binoculars. As seen from the United States ...

geologists use to better understand the environmental conditions in which truly ancient earth life may have first formed. For decades, we have wondered whether Mars, Venus and the icy moons of ...

But few talk about the elephant in the room: “self-sustaining” means that women must become pregnant, give birth and somehow not die… on Mars. Here on Earth – where we have breathable air ...

China is another step closer to bringing the first pieces of the red planet back to Earth with the development ... first collected in the container from Mars’ surface, before being ejected ...

In this weeks “Connecting with COSI”, NBC4’s Monica Day takes you on a trip to Mars. Discover the science and technology used to explore the red planet and to see it for yourself visit COSI ...

OSCAR-1 made its ascension into Earth orbit a scant four years after the liftoff of the former Soviet Union's first Sputnik in October 1957. a man in a light blue flight set listens to a radio in ...

While on the hunt for signs of ancient microbial life on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity rover captured a mysterious field of white sulfur stones in a series of striking new images. Curosity - which left Earth ...

Initially enthusiastic about the prospect of humans living on Mars, the authors said their research turned them into space settlement skeptics. “Leaving a 2 (degree Celsius) warmer Earth for ...

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