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Asteroid Toutatis Slowly Tumbles by Earth
December 16, 2012 — Scientists working with NASA's 230-foot-wide (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, Calif., have generated a series of radar data images of a three-mile-long (4.8-kilometer) asteroid ... > full story -
NASA Progressing Toward First Launch of Orion Spacecraft
December 13, 2012 — Recent engineering advances by NASA and its industry partners across the country show important progress toward Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1), the next step to launching humans to deep space. The ... > full story -
NASA Probes Prepare for Mission-Ending Moon Impact
December 13, 2012 — Twin lunar-orbiting NASA spacecraft that have allowed scientists to learn more about the internal structure and composition of the moon are being prepared for their controlled descent and impact on a ... > full story -
Mars Rover Curiosity Can Be Positioned With Eclipses
December 13, 2012 — Observations from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity when Mars' moon Phobos crosses in front of the sun, like in September, help us to understand exactly where the rover is on the red planet. Researchers in ... > full story -
Mariner 2's Encounter With Venus: NASA Celebrates 50 Years of Planetary Exploration
December 12, 2012 — Fifty years ago on a mid-December day, NASA's Mariner 2 spacecraft sailed close to the shrouded planet Venus, marking the first time any spacecraft had ever successfully made a close-up study of ... > full story -
Cassini Spots Mini Nile River on Saturn's Moon Titan
December 12, 2012 — Scientists with NASA's Cassini mission have spotted what appears to be a miniature, extraterrestrial likeness of Earth's Nile River: a river valley on Saturn's moon Titan that stretches more than 200 ... > full story -
Next Step in Launching Astronauts from U.S. Soil: NASA Awards Commercial Crew Certification Contracts
December 11, 2012 — NASA announced Dec. 10 the next step in its plan to launch American astronauts from U.S. soil, selecting three companies to conduct activities under contracts that will enable future certification of ... > full story -
Mars Rover Self-Portrait Shoot Uses Arm Choreography
December 11, 2012 — The robotic arm on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity held the rover's Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera in more than 50 positions in one day to generate a single scene combining all the images, creating ... > full story -
Mars Rover Curiosity Nearing Yellowknife Bay
December 11, 2012 — The NASA Mars rover Curiosity drove 63 feet (19 meters) northeastward early Monday, Dec. 10, approaching a step down into a slightly lower area called "Yellowknife Bay," where researchers intend to ... > full story -
What Is Creating Gullies on Giant Asteroid Vesta?
December 6, 2012 — In a preliminary analysis of images from NASA's Dawn mission, scientists have spotted intriguing gullies that sculpt the walls of geologically young craters on the giant asteroid Vesta. The ... > full story
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