From ancient to modern times, people have studied "the heavens" and wondered "what's out there?" Technology helps us to take a closer look. Meet the pioneers of space and aviation in this collection of stories.
As the spacecraft carrying an exploratory rover descends to Mars, controllers on Earth are monitoring what is occurring hundreds of millions of miles ...
Hitting the Martian surface at about 40 Gs, a lander carrying the Mars rover is cushioned by air bags.
After traveling seven months to Mars, the orbiter (MRO) circles the Red Planet and transmits images to her controllers on Earth.
After a perilous journey to Mars, the exploratory rovers (Spirit and Opportunity) have to reassemble themselves.
After a Mars Exploratory Rover (called MER) arrives on the Martian surface, it goes through a kind of metamorphosis over a period of at least nine day...
Since her arrival on Mars, the exploratory rover Spirit (also known as MER-A) has had quite a journey on the Martian surface.
When meteors streak through the sky - as shooting stars - they are beautiful to see.
How did fighter pilots, who became astronauts, prepare to walk on the moon?
This video clip, from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, explains how the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) works and what it is finding on the Martian...
Carefully setting-up a test to determine what may have caused Columbia to explode during the Orbiter's re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere, NASA disc...
In early February, 2013, NASA released this video filled with information about "what's up" for the month (from an astronomy standpoint).
This film provides a history of NASA's first decade and its role in space exploration.
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