Lunar capabilities concept review by NASA's Jeff Hanley at the Lunar Exploration Industry Briefing of September 25 2008.

Steve Cook on the Ares V launch vehicle at the Lunar Exploration Industry Briefing of September 25, 2008.

Clinto Dorris on Altair NASA's lunar lander at the Lunar Exploration Indsutry Briefing of September 25, 2008.

A panel discussion and questions and answers from the NASA Lunar Exploration Industry Briefing.

NASA tested the parachutes for the recovery system on its Orion crew exploration vehicle above the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona on July 31. The test proved unsuccessful when a test set-up parachute failed...

This test of SpaceX Falcon 9 First Stage was conducted on July 30, 2008.

NASA animation depicting the descent to the lunar surface of a future human lunar lander and a flyover of Shackleton Crater.

SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft approaches the International Space Station, where it is grappled by a robotic arm, then attached to the station's docking adapter.

This vodcast includes highlights from the entry, descent and landing phase as Mars Phoenix Lander touched down on the Red Planet on May 25, 2008.

It will be a real nail-biter on May 25, 2008, for engineers, as the Phoenix spacecraft performs a series of challenging maneuvers right before it lands on Mars.