A camera aboard one of NASA's twin Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) lunar spacecraft has returned its first unique view of the far side of the moon. MoonKAM, or Moon Knowledge Acquired by Middle school students, will be used by students nationwide to select lunar images for study.

Astronauts on a mission to Mars will need much more than freeze-dried ice cream to sustain them, and researchers at Cornell are working to  determine the best way to keep them well nourished during their 3-year journeys and four-month stays on the Red Planet.

8 years after landing on Mars for what was planned as a 3-month mission, NASA's enduring Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is working on what essentially became a new mission 5 months ago.