National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Ex-NASA astronaut claims aliens exist
25 Jul 2008
Sixth NASA astronaut, Dr Edgar Mitchell, who has spent over nine hours walking on the moon, says sources at the space agency had described aliens that "we've been visited on this planet and the UFO phenomena are real.”
Water was quite common in early Martian history, studies reveal
19 Jul 2008
Data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter suggests the planet once had large lakes, flowing rivers, and other wet environments that could have supported life.
NASA's historic attempt to deploy a solar sail
30 Jun 2008
The idea to use pressure and radiation to propel space craft might just get tested, if all goes well with NASA's planned deployment of the first Solar Sail.
Discovery heads for Earth, scheduled to touch down on Saturday
12 Jun 2008
Discovery undocked from the ISS early yesterday, ending a nine-day stay and headed for a Saturday morning landing at Kennedy Space Centre.
NASA plans to study the galaxy through giant telescopes on the moon
07 Jun 2008
Scientists from the National Aeronautical and Space Agency (Nasa) plan to fabricate the largest telescopes ever on the surface of the Earth’s moon, using a mixture of carbon and moon dust
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander makes a successful landing
26 May 2008
Nasa's serach for life on Mars has begun with the successful touchdown of the Phoenix Mars Lander on the planet's surface.
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