U.S. space agency

Moffett Field, Calif. -- The U.S. space agency says three teams claimed a total of $750,000 in prizes at this year's Lunar Regolith Excavation Challenge.

Pasadena, Calif. -- The U.S. space agency says scientists have made the first comprehensive sky map of our solar system and its location in the Milky Way galaxy.

Washington -- The U.S. space agency says it's celebrating Earth Science Week by releasing five short educational videos under the theme "Understanding Climate."

Washington -- U.S. space agency officials say they've signed a patent license agreement with a California firm to improve medical access to hyperbaric chambers.

Moffett Field, Calif. -- The U.S. space agency says it has developed a video game designed to give young people the virtual experience of working on the International Space Station.

Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. -- The U.S. space agency says it is ready to start a study of the Earth's southern ice-covered regions to identify changes in sea ice, ice sheets and glaciers.

Pasadena, Calif. -- The U.S. space agency says its Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has detected frozen water just below the surface of mid-latitude Mars.

New York -- U.S. space agency scientists announced Thursday they have discovered water molecules in the polar regions of the moon.

Houston -- The U.S. space agency says it is preparing for the next space shuttle mission -- STS-129 -- scheduled to be launched Nov. 12.

Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. -- The U.S. space agency says space shuttle Discovery, which landed Friday at Edwards Air Force Base in California, is ready to return to Florida.