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Rosetta Bound for Outer Solar System After Final Earth Swingby
This morning, mission
controllers confirmed that
ESA's comet chaser Rosetta
had swung by Earth at 8:45
CET as planned, skimming
... > full story
LCROSS Impact Analysis Indicates Water on Moon
The argument that the moon
is a dry, desolate place no
longer holds water.
Preliminary data from the
Lunar CRater Observation and
Sensing Satellite, or
... > full story
ESA Spacecraft May Help Unravel Cosmic Mystery
When Europe's comet chaser
Rosetta swings by Earth on
Nov. 13 for a critical
gravity assist, tracking
data will be collected to
precisely measure the
... > full story
Butterfly Payload to Launch Nov. 16 on Space Shuttle
When NASA's space shuttle
Atlantis launches for the
International Space Station
on Nov. 16 it will carry a
butterfly experiment that
will be monitored by
... > full story
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MESSENGER Spacecraft Reveals More Hidden Territory On Mercury
November 10, 2009 — A NASA spacecraft gliding over the battered surface of Mercury for the second time this year has revealed more previously unseen real estate on the innermost planet. The probe also has produced ... > full story -
Cassini Makes Successful Flight Through Plume Of Saturn's Moon Enceladus
November 10, 2009 — The Cassini spacecraft has weathered the Monday, Nov. 2, flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus in good health and has been sending images and data of the encounter back to Earth. Cassini had approached ... > full story -
Frost-Covered Phoenix Lander Seen In Winter Images From Mars
November 10, 2009 — Winter images of NASA's Phoenix Lander showing the lander shrouded in dry-ice frost on Mars have been captured with the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, or HiRISE camera, aboard NASA's ... > full story -
Navy Sensor Provides Critical Space Weather Observations
November 3, 2009 — Launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., aboard an United Launch Alliance Atlas V launch vehicle, Oct. 18, 2009, the Special Sensor Ultraviolet Limb Imager (SSULI) developed by the Naval ... > full story -
Exploring The Final Frontier: Disease Proposed As Major Barrier To Mars And Beyond
October 30, 2009 — Scientists argue that human missions to Mars, as well as all other long-term space flights might be compromised by microbial hitchhikers, such as bacteria. That's because long-term space travel packs ... > full story -
Soil Moisture And Ocean Salinity Satellite Ready For Launch
October 29, 2009 — A new European Earth observation satellite will be launched in the early hours of Monday November 2 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. The European Space Agency Soil Moisture and Ocean ... > full story -
Key Process For Space Outpost Proved On 'Vomit Comet' Ride
October 29, 2009 — During flights simulating the moon's low gravity, researchers find that sifters can separate soil particles and produce the best feedstock for an oxygen generator. Scientists are designing and ... > full story -
NASA's Ares I-X Rocket Completes Successful Flight Test
October 28, 2009 — NASA's Ares I-X test rocket lifted off Wednesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a two-minute powered flight. The test flight lasted about six minutes from its launch from the ... > full story -
Robot Armada Might Scale New Worlds
October 28, 2009 — An armada of robots may one day fly above the mountain tops of Saturn's moon Titan, cross its vast dunes and sail in its liquid ... > full story -
Long Night Falls Over Saturn's Rings
October 23, 2009 — As Saturn's rings orbit the planet, a section is typically in the planet's shadow, experiencing a brief night lasting from 6 to 14 hours. However, once approximately every 15 years, night falls over ... > full story
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