NASA spacecraft to fly past Mars this week, on voyage to rare metal asteroid

A NASA spacecraft headed toward the asteroid belt will fly past Mars on Friday, aiming to get a boost from the planet’s gravitational field and save some of the propellant it needs to complete the second half of a six-year voyage. The spacecraft, called Psyche after the rare asteroid it will explore, launched in October … Read more

Mars rover carries out chemistry experiment never done beyond Earth, discovers more building blocks of life

NASA’s Curiosity rover has discovered more building blocks of life on Mars after carrying out a chemistry experiment never before conducted on another planet, scientists said Tuesday. The organic molecules are not definitive evidence of past life, the NASA-led team emphasized, because they could also have formed on the red planet or crash-landed on meteorites. But … Read more

Former NASA astronaut on how Artemis II could eventually lead to humans living on Mars

Former NASA astronaut on how Artemis II could eventually lead to humans living on Mars – CBS News Watch CBS News A crew of four astronauts are set for liftoff on Wednesday in a mission that will take them around the moon. Former NASA astronaut Terry Hart joins “The Takeout” to discuss the historic Artemis … Read more