Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System after Mercury. In English, Mars carries a name of the Roman god of war and is often referred to as the 'Red Planet'. The latter refers to the effect of the iron oxide prevalent on Mars' surface, which gives it a reddish appearance distinctive among the astronomical bodies visible to the naked eye. Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere, having surface features reminiscent both of the impact craters of the Moon and the valleys, deserts, and polar ice caps of Earth.
The Boy Scouts files for bankruptcy, Mars briefly disappears in a rare celestial event, Harvey Weinstein trial set to go to jury and more news you need to know Tuesday.
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NASA has announced that it is building a new satellite dish as part of the Deep Space Network that would be able to communicate with far away robotic spacecrafts.
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Elon Musk's company sent another sixty Starlink satellites, hoping to build out its plan for an internet service that reaches across the globe. Olivia Chan reports.
The Mars 2020 rover, nearing completion at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, will soon embark on an ambitious mission to the red planet.
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Two miles below Earth's surface, scientists found animal life in a South African gold mine. They wonder: If life can exist there, could it exist on Mars? CBS News - Published
The Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration at NASA Steven Clark joins Margaret Brennan to discuss NASA's latest mission to Mars and the future of space exploration. CBS News - Published
Mankind has never been closer to setting foot on Mars. NASA is completing construction of its new Mars rover, in readiness for launching next summer, while SpaceX is firing prototypes of its Mars.. CBS News - Published
As the founder, CEO and lead designer at SpaceX, a private company that makes rockets and spacecraft, Elon Musk envisions a time when his reusable rockets will bring people to the moon and Mars. He's.. CBS News - Published
President Trump congratulated NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir in a phone call from the White House as the two wrapped up the first all-female spacewalk in history. Mr. Trump also talked.. CBS News - Published
NASA announced the first all-female spacewalk will take place Friday and unveiled a new spacesuit for the moon and Mars. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood joins CBSN from the Kennedy Space Center.. CBS News - Published
Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled SpaceX's "Starship" prototype over the weekend. Its purpose? To launch humans to the moon — and even to Mars. Musk said his newest stainless-steel spaceship could go to.. CBS News - Published
Elon Musk delivered an update on his company’s Starship prototype, which faces business challenges and neighbors not happy to live so close to its test site. NYTimes.com - Published
A hover test by a Starhopper rocket at SpaceX's launch site is the latest move by founder Elon Musk to eventually take humans to Mars. The launch site is next to a tiny neighborhood east of.. CBS News - Published
Highlights of this day in history: Britain and France declare war on Nazi Germany; The Treaty of Paris ends the American Revolution; Bloody end to the Beslan hostage crisis in Russia; Viking 2 lands on.. USATODAY.com - Published
SpaceX test-launched an early prototype of the company's Mars rocket on Tuesday, unnerving residents near the Texas site and clearing another key hurdle in billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's.. Reuters - Published
The founder and CEO of SpaceX discusses the aerospace company's ambitions for flying humans to the moon and Mars, the importance of reusable in rockets, and the inspiration of Douglas Adams CBS News - Published
In an interview on "The Takeout," Vice President Mike Pence reassured the space community with the administration's strong support for a "moon-first" policy CBS News - Published
In an interview with Major Garrett on "The Takeout," Vice President Mike Pence laid out the Trump administration's space policy, including planned missions to return to the moon and venture to Mars... CBS News - Published
President Trump is only the latest to propose returning to the moon and then heading to Mars. But he faces the burdens of history to accomplish what his predecessors could not. NYTimes.com - Published
SpaceX founder Elon Musk says it's doable to send astronauts to the moon within two years and to Mars in the next four years. How realistic is that? CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood joins CBSN.. CBS News - Published
Preview: The aerospace entrepreneur tells "CBS Sunday Morning" he is thinking bigger, and faster, about manned missions to the Moon and the Red Planet CBS News - Published
Highlights of this day in history: Bastille prison stormed during the French Revolution; Outlaw 'Billy the Kid' gunned down; Richard Speck murders student nurses in Chicago; Mariner 4 probe flies by.. USATODAY.com - Published
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine joins Margaret Brennan to discuss NASA's new Artemis mission and the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11. CBS News - Published
NASA completed a successful test of its launch abort system Tuesday morning from Cape Canaveral, Florida. That puts the U.S. space program one step closer to sending astronauts back to the moon, and.. CBS News - Published
Going to the moon was an important endeavor, but now, more Americans want NASA to focus on defeating killer asteroids than going back.
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NASA scientists say its Curiosity rover discovered high amounts of methane gas on Mars. On Earth, the gas is typically produced by living things. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood joined CBSN to.. CBS News - Published
This week's edition of "Sunday Morning," hosted by Jane Pauley, features David Pogue's cover story on the latest developments in Mars exploration. Plus: Mo Rocca talks with Hollywood pioneer Sherry.. CBS News - Published
NASA's Mars 2020 mission, which launches for the Red Planet next summer, will feature not just a rover, but also a tiny helicopter that will detach and hover above the Martian surface. David Pogue.. CBS News - Published
Americans prefer a space program focusing on potential asteroid impacts, scientific research into our cosmos and robotic space probes over human exploration of Mars or the moon, a new poll shows. (June.. USATODAY.com - Published
Recently, a NASA spacecraft in orbit around Mars snapped a photo of an odd object on the planet's surface – something that looks remarkably like the Star Fleet logo from Star Trek.
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday criticized NASA for aiming to put astronauts back on the moon by 2024 and urged the space agency to focus instead on "much bigger" initiatives like going to Mars,.. Reuters - Published
Fired FBI Director James Comey in 2014: "You cannot trust people in power;" then, what bin Laden documents reveal about al Qaeda; and did life ever exist on Mars? It could have. CBS News - Published
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