What’s Up This Week – August 8 – August 14, 2005
Greetings fellow SkyWatchers! The week starts off rather special as observers in Alaska get the opportunity to watch the Moon…
Book Review: Roving Mars
The Mars Exploration Rovers have unquestionably been one of NASA's most exciting and successful missions to date. The projects scientific…
Trick Plants to Grow on Mars
If humans are going to live on Mars, we're going to need to learn how to grow plants in the…
Shuttle Landing Delayed to Tuesday
The space shuttle Discovery's landing has been pushed back to Tuesday because of low clouds above Florida's Cape Canaveral on…
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Will Launch on August 10
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is set to launch in just a couple of days - its launch window opens…
Detailed Look at Mimas
During its recent flyby of Mimas, Cassini found the Saturnian moon to be heavily battered and bruised by impact craters;…
Saturn’s Eerie Southern Lights
Earth isn't the only place that gets the Northern and Southern Lights, or auroras. NASA's Cassini spacecraft has taken an…
Mars Express Preparing to Look Underground
The MARSIS radar instrument on board Mars Express is now extended and fully operational, and ESA scientists have begun using…
Discovery and ISS Will Be Visible in the Southeast US
Skywatchers in the Southeastern United States will have an opportunity to watch the International Space Station and the space shuttle…
Astronauts Remember Columbia Crew
NASA astronauts on board Discovery and the International Space Station held a tribute to remember the crew of Columbia, which…