Science News
Mars rover Curiosity lands on surface of Red Planet
PASADENA, California - The Mars science rover Curiosity landed on the Martian surface shortly after 10:30 p.m. Pacific time on Sunday (1:30 a.m. EDT Monday/0530 GMT) to begin a two-year mission seeking evidence the Red Planet once hosted ingredients for life, NASA said.
Rover to probe whether Mars was life-friendly in the past
PASADENA, California - NASA plans to follow up a decade-long search for Mars' lost water with a mission to learn whether the Red Planet once harbored other ingredients necessary for life.
Space weather and the coming storm
LONDON - The delicate threads that hold modern life together are dramatically cut by an unexpected threat from outer space, with disastrous effects.
Three firms share $1.1 billion of NASA space taxi work
PASADENA, California - PASADENA, Calif. Aug 3 - NASA will pay more than $1 billion over the next 21 months to three companies to develop commercial spaceships capable of flying astronauts to the International Space Station, the agency said Friday.
History littered with failed Mars probes
PASADENA, California - NASA's Mars Climate Orbiter was about a week away from wrapping up an 11-month journey to the Red Planet in 1999 when engineers noticed a problem - the spacecraft, designed to study Mars' environment, was not where it was supposed to be.
India plans space mission to send a satellite to Mars
NEW DELHI - India plans to send a satellite via an unmanned spacecraft to orbit Mars next year, joining a small group of nations already exploring the red planet, a government scientist said on Friday.
Study projects growing demand for commercial spaceflights
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - Commercial suborbital spaceflights should bring in between $600 million and $1.6 billion in revenue in their first decade of operations, according to a study commissioned by the U.S. and Florida governments and released on Wednesday.
Bat virus offers insight into deadly Nipah, Hendra
HONG KONG - A virus that is very similar to the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses has been discovered in fruit bats in Australia and researchers are hoping it can help them find ways to fight those highly dangerous cousins.
Scientists skeptical as athletes get all taped up
LONDON - German beach volleyball player Ilka Semmler wears it on her buttocks - in pink. Swedish handball player Johanna Wiberg prefers it in blue from her knee to her groin. British sprinter Dwain Chambers has even worn it with a Union Jack design.
NASA rover closing in on Mars to hunt for life clues
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - NASA's Mars rover was on its final approach to the red planet on Sunday, heading toward a mountain that may hold clues about whether life has ever existed on Mars, officials said.
Some Ugandan Ebola patients likely to survive: doctors
KAMPALA - Some of the 32 Ebola patients in isolation at a government hospital in western Uganda's Kibaale district are responding to treatment and may be discharged soon, a health official said on Friday.
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