Tag: "Mars rovers"

Reporter's Notes: Looking for Mars Life on Planet Earth

Reporter's Notes: Looking for Mars Life on Planet Earth

When I hear about searching for alien life, it's hard not to think about all those science fiction movies with little green men and Earth-destroying spacecraft. But it's an idea that's far from science fiction for scientists at NASA Ames.

 
Lauren Sommer

Post on Nov 14, 2008 by

Last Gasps from Phoenix?

Last Gasps from Phoenix?

It seems like only last month that we witnessed the drama of NASA's Phoenix landing on Mars. We were on the edge of our seats in Chabot's planetarium during those "seven minutes of terror" as Phoenix burned a meteoric path through Mars' atmosphere.

 
Ben Burress

Post on Nov 07, 2008 by

Forward camera view from Opportunity as the rover attempts to climb up a slope toward the wall of Victoria Crater.

Opportunity is Still Rockin'!

Is there life on Mars? Well, that investigation is still ongoing–but from a cybernetic perspective, the surface of Mars is literally crawling with it: in the form of robots!

 
Ben Burress

Post on Aug 29, 2008 by