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15 Years Ago: Phoenix Mars Lander Launches to the Red Planet
Mars has long fascinated us as a place possibly once hospitable to life. The early robotic missions of the 1960s relayed images of a Moon-like cratered terrain with a forbiddingly cold and thin atmosphere of carbon dioxide.Kelli Mars (NASA)
X-15 #2 Crash Landing
NASA research pilot Jack McKay was injured in a crash landing of the X-15 #2 on November 9, 1962.NASA
50 Years Ago: The Apollo Lunar Module
The Apollo Lunar Module (LM), built by the Grumman Corporation in Bethpage, NY, was the vehicle that would take two astronauts down to the lunar surface and return them to the waiting Command Module in lunar orbit.NASA
In Depth | Mars Global Surveyor – NASA Solar System Exploration
Mars Global Surveyor returned more than 240,000 images to Earth. It also scouted landing sites for three Mars rovers as well as the Phoenix lander.NASA Solar System Exploration
NASA Rocket Experiment Finds the Universe Brighter Than We Thought
A NASA sounding rocket experiment has detected a surprising surplus of infrared light in the dark space between galaxies, a diffuse cosmic glow as bright as all known galaxies combined.NASA
Icy Jupiter Moon Throws a Curve Ball at Formation Theories
Scientists studying data from NASA's Galileo spacecraft have found that Jupiter's moon Amalthea is a pile of icy rubble less dense than water.NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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NASA brings you images, videos and features from the unique perspective of America's space agency. Get updates on missions, watch NASA TV, read blogs, view the latest discoveries, and more.NASA
In Depth | Mariner 09 – NASA Solar System Exploration
NASA’s real-time science encyclopedia of deep space exploration. Our scientists and far-ranging robots explore the wild frontiers of our solar system.NASA Solar System Exploration
X-15 #2 Crash Landing
NASA research pilot Jack McKay was injured in a crash landing of the X-15 #2 on November 9, 1962.NASA
55 Years Ago: Gemini XII Closes Out a Successful Program
The primary objectives of Project Gemini included proving the techniques required for the Apollo Program to fulfill President John F. Kennedy’s goal of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth before the end of the 1960s.Kelli Mars (NASA)
