This artist’s concept depicts the early Martian environment – believed to contain liquid water and a thicker atmosphere – versus…
This artist’s concept depicts the early Martian environment (left) – believed to contain liquid water and a thicker atmosphere –…
This artist’s concept depicts the early Martian environment (right) – believed to contain liquid water and a thicker atmosphere –…
Comet Siding Spring (C/2013 A1) is racing toward Mars for a close encounter on October 19, 2014.
WASP/OPIS nears launch, payload release at Fort Sumner, N.M., Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014.
Balloon launch to test Wallops' WASP/OPIS technology.
Members of the WASP/OPIS team in the field at Fort Sumner, N.M., Wednesday, Oct. 8, just prior to launch: Tawanda…
On Oct. 9, 2014 at 04:25 UTC (12:25 a.m. EDT), the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument aboard NASA's Aqua…
Dryden used an F/A-18 Hornet fighter aircraft as its Systems Research Aircraft (SRA). A primary objective was to identify and…
This artist's concept shows NASA's Mars orbiters lining up behind the Red Planet for their "duck and cover" maneuver to…