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An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link NASA's Opportunity Mars rover was built to last just 90 Martian sols, or 92 Earth days. But the scrappy machine shocked engineers by surviving far ...
NASA says it is reviewing its network security processes and procedures after a computer break-in exposed Social Security numbers and other personal information about the space agency’s current and ...
NASA's twin Voyager probes launched into space more than 41 years ago. Voyager 1 left a crucial part of the solar system called the heliosphere — the main region of the sun's influence — in August ...
Hubble's designers prepared for gyroscope failure by equipping the observatory with a backup. Unfortunately, when one of Hubble's gyroscopes conked out in early October, the backup didn't work as ...
NASA today is presenting its highest honors — the Distinguished Service Medal and Distinguished Public Service Medal — to employees and contractors from across the agency’s programs, recognizing ...
The Falcon Heavy rocket launch headlined a year filled with marvelous milestones when it comes to navigating and understanding space. Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011. Eric and his ...
2018 has officially been named the fourth hottest year on Earth, according to a new report by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Global temperatures rose 1.5 degrees ...
Slamming into the thin Martian atmosphere at more than 13,000 mph, NASA's InSight lander pulled off a blazing six-and-a-half minute 77-mile plunge to the surface of Mars Monday, using a huge parachute ...