All of aerospace engineer Jill Prince's calculations paid off with the successful landing of the Phoenix spacecraft on Mars.
This image shows a polygonal pattern in the ground near NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, similar in appearance to icy ground…
NASA's Phoenix spacecraft landed in the northern polar region of Mars Sunday, May 25, 2008, to begin three months of…
The Phoenix Mars Lander, which launched in August 2007, is the first project in NASA's Mars Scout missions. The mission's…
The robotic arm, a vital instrument on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, will dig into the icy soil and bring samples…
This artist's rendering shows a possible fate for the Phoenix Mars Lander. As winter envelopes the Red Planet, the lander…
For many years scientists have known that our sun gives off powerful explosions, known as flares, that contain millions of…
This image of the Antennae galaxies is the sharpest yet of this merging pair of galaxies. During the course of…
Project LOLA – Lunar Orbit and Landing Approach. Artists used paintbrushes and airbrushes to recreate the lunar surface on each…
In high bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center, a crane lowers space shuttle Discovery toward…
