Price Tag of NASA's Martian Rock Retrieval Mission Is Skyrocketing
The Mars Sample Retrieval program is now estimated to cost double than what was originally projected.
The Mars Sample Retrieval program is now estimated to cost double than what was originally projected.
If life ever existed on the red planet, it might have been there
Very, very slowly over the past 4 billion years
Planet once may have had conditions that might have supported life
Computer failure will delay work for at least a week
Native to red planet, not debris from Curiosity, as was feared
Researchers estimate planet had water for thousands to millions of years
Various tests passed. Curiosity will be getting curiouser tomorrow.
Or "Mars," as some are insisting on calling it.
The nuclear-powered Curiosity will dig into the Martian surface to analyze what's there and hunt for some of the molecular building blocks of life, including carbon.
Curiosity begins two-year mission to look for signs of life.
NASA to broadcast rover landing in Times Square
Obama has moved space policy in the right direction, but we still have a long way to go.
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