JPL leads in the development of the ATHLETE (All-Terrain Hex-Legged Extra-Terrestrial Explorer) robotic vehicle. Other members of the team include…
The Spirit rover attacked Mars again in September 2005. However, what might look like a military attack was once again…
On Tuesday, Jan. 6, 1998, at 9:28 p.m. EST, NASA’s Lunar Prospector spacecraft climbed into the sky above Cape Canaveral…
While on final approach for its September 2007 close encounter with Saturn’s moon Iapetus, Cassini spun around to take in…
This false-color image captured by NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows Cape St. Vincent, one of the many promontories that…
Variable star V838 Monocerotis lies near the edge of the Milky Way Galaxy, about 20,000 light-years from our sun. Still,…
As Spirit descended onto Mars’ surface on Jan. 3, it performed a series of entry, descent and landing actions, leaving…
This psychedelic view of Saturn and its rings is a composite made from images taken with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle…
On Mar. 16, 1926, Dr. Robert H. Goddard launched the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket in Auburn, Mass., laying the foundation…
STS-114 astronaut Soichi Noguchi waves from the Shuttle payload bay, backdropped by the Earth below. During the mission’s second spacewalk,…