What’s Up This Week – Jan 3 – Jan 9, 2005
Greetings, fellow sky watchers! I trust everyone's holidays were wonderful? It's time to start a New Year and what better…
Cassini’s Route Past Iapetus
NASA's Cassini spacecraft will make its closest approach to Saturn's moon Iapetus on New Year's Eve, passing only 123,400 km…
Your Interview with Dr. Jean-Pierre Lebreton
A few weeks ago, I let you know that Dr. Jean-Pierre Lebreton, the Huygens Project Scientist and Mission Manager from…
Banda Aceh from Space
The death toll has risen to 125,000 people from the Asian Tsunami, and now 5 million people are without food,…
What’s Up This Week – Dec 27 – Jan 2, 2005
Happy Holidays, Skywatchers! This week we continue our celestial journey beginning before dawn with a close pairing of Venus and…
Crew Begins Unloading Progress
An unmanned Progress cargo ship reached the International Space Station on Sunday, and the two-man crew got right to work…
Asteroid Threat Ruled Out
Astronomers have now ruled out the possibility that Asteroid 2004 MN4 will strike the Earth in April 2029. Scientists from…
Opportunity Finds its Heat Shield
NASA's Opportunity Rover has reunited itself with the heat shield that protected its entry into the Martian atmosphere almost a…
Huygens is On Its Way
The European Space Agency's Huygens probe successfully detached from Cassini on December 25, and began its brief journey to Titan.…
Asteroid Threat Upgraded to 1 in 45
The probability that Asteroid 2004 MN4 will strike the Earth on April 13, 2029 has actually been upgraded to a…