German startup Atmos Space Cargo has called the first flight of its donut-shaped reentry vehicle a success. Atmos' Phoenix spacecraft was launched by SpaceX's Bandwagon-3 rideshare mission on April 21 ...
A NASA spacecraft today sent pictures showing itself in good condition after making the first successful landing in a polar region of Mars. The images from NASA’s Mars Phoenix Lander also provided a ...
On May 25, 2008, NASA's Phoenix lander arrived on Mars. [‘On This Day in Space’ Phoenix was NASA's sixth mission to successfully land on Mars, and it was the first mission to touch down near the ...
WASHINGTON — NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander is preparing to end its long journey and begin a three-month mission to taste and sniff fistfuls of Martian soil and buried ice. The lander is scheduled to ...
LOS ANGELES — The Phoenix spacecraft has tasted Martian water for the first time, scientists reported Thursday. By melting icy soil in one of its lab instruments, the robot confirmed the presence of ...
When the end finally came, Phoenix was killed off by an unforgiving dust storm that blew across the arctic plains of Mars. The days were growing short for Phoenix, the NASA lander that had been ...