Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has landed robotic explorers on the surface of Mars, sent probes to outer planets and operates a worldwide network of antennae that communicates with interplanetary spacecraft.

Scientists at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California are trying to figure out why the robotic rover Spirit is acting erratically on the planet Mars.

Everything is looking good for the Phoenix Mars probe which is due to land on the Red Planet on Monday, mission scientists said.

A van carrying workers to Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory tumbled 200 feet off a mountain road today, killing at least four people and trapping five others, officials said.

A space craft exploring Jupiter and its moons may be going blind as it embarks on the final stage of its mission.