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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Scientists and NASA officials are euphoric today (Nov. 18) after the smooth launch of the space agency's next Mars probe, which is now streaking toward a date with the Red Planet in September 2014. The Atlas 5 rocket carrying the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution spacecraft [...]
Our space correspondent meets the controllers of the International Space Station as they steer away from deadly space junk and keep astronauts alive. It could be the most boring reality TV show in the world, if the stakes were not so high. On a huge screen at one end of [...]
MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE, Calif. — J. Craig Venter, the maverick scientist, is looking for a new world to conquer — Mars. He wants to detect life on Mars and bring it to Earth using a device called a digital biological converter, or biological teleporter. Although the idea conjures up “Star [...]
Weather remained the main hurdle Sunday for an on-time launch of NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (Maven) mission, an orbiter designed to answer the question “where did the water go” on the Red Planet. A two-hour launch widow opens at 1:28 p.m. EST Monday, raising hope that expected cloud [...]
