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In this handout image provided by NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS, and captured by NASA's Curiosity rover, a rock outcrop called Link pops out from a Martian surface that is elsewhere blanketed by reddish-brown dust, showing evidence for an ancient, flowing stream, Sept. 2, 2012. (credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS via Getty Images)

NASA: Mars Could Have Supported Primitive Life

NASA scientists say tests on a Mars rock show the planet could have supported primitive life.

2013/03/12

Tycoon Proposes to Send Married Couple Around Mars

In less than five years, a married couple could be on their way toward Mars in an audacious but bare-bones private mission that would slingshot them around the Red Planet.

2013/02/27

File photo of the International Space Station (Photo by Paolo Nespoli - ESA/NASA via Getty Images)

NASA Regains Space Station Contact After 3-Hour Outage

NASA says the International Space Station has lost contact with NASA controllers in Houston. Officials say the six crew members and station are fine and they expect to fix the problem soon.

2013/02/19

NASA Regains Space Station Contact After Outage

The International Space Station regained contact with NASA controllers in Houston after nearly three hours of accidental quiet, the space agency says.

2013/02/19

File photo of a satellite image (Photo by NASA via Getty Images)

Latest Earth Satellite Launches From Calif. Coast

A rocket carrying an Earth-observing satellite launched Monday from a seaside military base to continue a mission to document changes to the planet’s natural resources.

2013/02/11

The crew of Space Shuttle Columbia's mission STS-107 take a break from their training regime to pose for the traditional crew portrait. Seated in front are astronauts Rick D. Husband (L), mission commander; Kalpana Chawla, mission specialist; and William C. McCool, pilot. Standing are (L to R) astronauts David M. Brown, Laurel B. Clark, and Michael P. Anderson, all mission specialists; and Ilan Ramon, payload specialist representing the Israeli Space Agency. Columbia broke up upon re-entry to earth February 1, 2003. (Photo by NASA/Getty Images)

NASA’s Toughest Question: If Shuttle is Doomed, Do You Tell the Crew?

A NASA top official wrestled with what he thought was a hypothetical question: What should you tell the astronauts of a doomed space shuttle Columbia?

2013/02/01

Whew! Big Asteroid No Longer Threat to Earth

After most recent inspection, NASA says a big asteroid is no longer even a remote threat to smash into Earth in about 20 years.

2013/01/10

National Archives Exhibit Displays Nixon Era NASA Artifacts

The National Archives is displaying rarely seen documents and items showing milestones in manned spaceflight from President Richard Nixon’s administration.

2013/01/07

File photo of schematics of the NCC 1701 Enterprise that was first seen in the 1960s television program "Star Trek." (Photo Illustration by Haynes Publishing via Getty Images)

Nerds To President: Build The Enterprise Now!

For the past 50 years fans of the TV show “Star Trek” have dreamed of a real starship Enterprise. However one fan, an engineer in fact, believes that it’s possible to build an actual working model of the NCC-1701 Enterprise and fly it through the stars in the foreseeable future.

2012/12/28