After 200 days of travel and more than 460 million kilometers (about 285 million miles) logged on its odometer, NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft will fire its main engine for the first and only ...

Observations by NASA’s 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft show a global view of Mars in intermediate-energy, or epithermal, neutrons. Soil enriched by hydrogen is indicated by the deep blue colors on the ...

(CNN) --NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin is resigning. "When I told my grandson that I would have more time for him, he squealed with joy," said Goldin in a telephone conversation with CNN space ...

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An asteroid that could have a diameter as great as 4265 feet is headed towards a close approach to Earth on March 4. Though asteroid (138971) 2001 CB21 will safely miss our planet, that doesn't mean ...

For years, Ed Hudgins was ignored, rebuffed and even mocked for suggesting ideas such as selling off NASA's space shuttle and space station. But after the Bush administration decided to move in that ...

The attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 were a national tragedy that resulted in a staggering loss of life and a significant change in American culture. Each year, we pause and never forget. Beyond remembering ...

Satellite data show the area of this year’s Antarctic ozone hole peaked at about 26 million square kilometers — roughly the size of North America — making the hole similar in size to those of the past ...

NASA's return to Mars began April 7, 2001 as the 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft roared into space onboard a Delta II launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. April 7, 2001 -- NASA's ...

launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. About 53 minutes later, at 11:55 a.m. Eastern time, flight controllers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory received the first signal from the ...