NASA said Wednesday that its Curiosity rover has scooped up a sample from the interior of a Martian rock and found that the powdery soil just beneath the planet's rust-colored exterior is actually a light gray color.

 The U.S. space agency NASA announced Tuesday that it will launch the ISS-RapidScat instrument to the International Space Station in 2014 to measure ocean- surface wind speed and direction.

 A US spacecraft orbiting Mars has provided evidence of an ancient crater lake fed by groundwater, adding further support to theories that the Red Planet may once have hosted life, NASA said Sunday.

 The Milky Way contains at least 17 billion planets the size of Earth, and likely many more, according to a study that raises the chances of discovering a sister planet to ours.

 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is keen to promote cooperation in space technology between Vietnam and the US.

  Vietnam hopes to further cooperate with NASA; Deputy PM urges focus on basic science education; Cuban veterans visit Vietnam; Hanoi, Luang Prabang enhance cooperation

 NASA plans to send a new rover to Mars in 2020 as it prepares for a manned mission to the Red Planet, the US space agency said.

 NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has encountered a "magnetic highway" at the edge of the solar system, a surprising discovery 35 years after its launch, the experts behind the pioneering craft said Monday.