Tag: mission

NASA launches Europa Clipper to see if Jupiter's icy moon has ingredients for life

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Monday morning carrying a NASA probe designed to explore Jupiter’s...

Scientists long urged NASA to search for signs of life near Jupiter. Now it's happening

In 2015, Bill Nye was on Marine One with President Obama.The television personality and science advocate was officially there for an Earth...

Aging, overworked and underfunded: NASA faces a dire future, according to experts

Aging infrastructure, short-term thinking, and ambitions that far outstrip its funding are just a few of the problems threatening the future of...

Pete Theisinger, who led Mars rover missions for JPL, dies at 78

Pete Theisinger, the longtime employee of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory who led the Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity rover missions to Mars, died...