...called the hearing to get an explanation for what he called a ''very difficult'' year for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. During 1999, two NASA probes to Mars were lost without a trace; shuttle missions were delayed...

...the Red Planet. Thomas Young, head of an independent team that investigated the failure for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, said his group was ''almost certain'' that a $165 million Mars Polar Lander probe failed in...

...and made it impossible for spacecraft managers to succeed. But Goldin said he will not abandon the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's ''faster, better, cheaper'' approach. Mission managers will get enough money and people...

...explore the possibility that the planet once harbored life, scientists told reporters Thursday. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration already had planned to send one robot explorer. But Edward Weiler, head of NASA's office of space...

...might hit Earth in 2028. To avoid any repetition of that embarrassing incident, astronomers at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the IAU recently devised a formal system in which any claims of a potential Earth impact would...

...and we have a space station. Cue the orchestra and bring up the "Blue Danube" waltz. OK, so the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's gawky International Space Station can't spin gracefully to the Strauss waltz, as Stanley Kubrick's...

...a report to Congress. The true scope of the problem has not been identified. The report said the National Aeronautics and Space Administration could not even determine how many Web sites it operates, so investigators could not say how many...

Hoping to catch a cosmic breeze, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is preparing to launch a new spacecraft to seek evidence of the earliest days of our solar system 4 1/2 billion years ago. The...

...minerals, elements and frozen reservoirs of water across the dusty surface of the Red Planet. For the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission is as much a new chapter in its program to explore the mysteries of...

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