The Resilient ExtraTerrestrial Habitats institute is one of two new programs recently announced by NASA.

The new institute is a partnership with the University of Connecticut, Harvard University and the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Opportunity surprised many by providing information from Mars for nearly 15 years. NASA ended attempts at communication Wednesday after more than six months of silence from the robot.

Mark Geyer was born in Indianapolis and received his bachelors and masters degrees in aeronautics at Purdue University.

Cernan became the answer to a trivia question when he was the last human to leave his footprints on the lunar surface as part of the Apollo 17 crew in 1972.

After a career as a Marine pilot, Glenn was chosen as an astronaut. He was the third American in space, went on to have a successful career in politics and then returned to space on shuttle Discovery.

Terre Haute native Abe Silverstein was inducted Friday into the Dayton, Ohio-based hall of fame.

The latest photos show ice plains that appear to be only 100 million years old and a hilly region that could be what is left when surrounding material is eroded away.