NASA to seek signs of life from its Mars Lander
More than a year after the Phoenix Mars Lander appeared to effectively freeze to death on the surface of the Red Planet, NASA is getting ready to listen for signs that it's still alive.
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NASA Mars rover Spirit has survivability option?
As NASA celebrates its Mars rover Spirit’s sixth anniversary exploring the red planet it is hunting for a way to keep the machine, which is mired in a sand trap, alive to see a seventh year. On its Web site, the space agency this week noted there may indeed be such an option.
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NASA to power Mars rover out of sand trap
NASA's long running Mars rover is stuck in a sand trap – a situation the space agency would like to fix. So NASA will begin what it called the long process of extricating Spirit by sending commands that could free the rover.
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Space telescope captures ancient light from Big Bang
A space telescope that was launched in May has already begun to collect light left over from the Big Bang that created the universe.
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Gov't invests in global telescope project
The Federal Government is to invest $88 million in the construction of a giant telescope to further the country’s role in space discovery.
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NASA releases enhanced Aussie Moon landing videos
It may be 40 years since man first set foot on the Moon, but only now will people see the “real life” quality footage of Apollo 11 Moonwalk thanks to NASA and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation's (CSIRO) Parkes Radio Observatory.
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PG&E hopes to capture solar power from space by 2016
California utility Pacific Gas & Electric Co. is looking to outer space to find a new source of solar power to generate cheaper and cleaner electricity.