Piece of Mars sells at auction
NWA 16788, the largest piece of Mars on Earth, fetched $5.3 million at auction. Franklin Institute chief astronomer and planetarium director Derrick Pitts joins CBS News with more.
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NWA 16788, the largest piece of Mars on Earth, fetched $5.3 million at auction. Franklin Institute chief astronomer and planetarium director Derrick Pitts joins CBS News with more.
The biggest Mars rock on Earth sold for $5.3 million at Sotheby's in New York.
A 54-pound meteorite from Mars sold for more than $5 million when it went up for auction on Wednesday at Sotheby's.
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Up until Friday, all images seen of the planet were technically of its past.
NASA is gearing up for a historic flight. For the first time ever, the space agency will attempt to fly an aircraft on another planet.
Racing through space at more than 12,000 mph, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover reached Mars Thursday and pulled off a thrilling seven-minute plunge through the atmosphere to land on the surface of the red planet.
Nasa's Perseverance rover blasted off from Kennedy Space Center, starting its seven-month journey to Mars.
The space agency is including a special plate with the names of thousands of Earthlings on their next mission to the red planet.
After a six-month voyage from Earth, NASA's InSight Mars lander slammed into the thin Martian atmosphere Monday and navigated a nail-biting six-and-a-half-minute descent to the surface.
The find raises the possibility of finding life on the red planet, scientists reported Wednesday.
The space agency says it is working on creating a swarm of robot bees that will fly around the surface of Mars.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says if things go according to plan people will be on Mars just nine years from now.
Mars appears to have flowing streams of salty water, at least in the summer, scientists reported Monday in a finding that could have major implications for the possibility of life on the planet.
NASA reported in a dramatic posting on its website Sunday that it will soon announce that a mystery about Mars has been solved.
The adoption ends a tale that began earlier this month, when the orange and white feline crawled into the pickup's engine compartment.
A 21-year-old Long Island student is among the 100 finalists to win a trip to Mars.
One hundred people are now one step closer to being the first humans on Mars.
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is looking for test subjects to to help figure out what a zero gravity environment does to the human body. NASA will even pay you.
