Air Leak Culprit Nearly Found
Engineers have nearly gotten to the bottom of the problem that forced spacewalkers to abort their trip outside the International…
This Star Just Shut Down
Astronomers have found a white dwarf star which has shut down its fusion reactor very recently - perhaps only 100…
Cassini’s Best View of Titan Yet
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has turned its gaze on smog-covered Titan again, delivering its best picture yet of Saturn's largest moon.…
Book Review: President’s Commission on Implementation of U.S. Space Exploration Policy
There's a classic scene in the movie Apollo 13 when scientists and engineers brainstorm solutions to "scrub" the spacecraft's air…
NASA Begins its Transformation
NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe announced a series of changes to the agency to better prepare it to fulfill President Bush's…
Wallpaper: Phoebe
Here's the photo we've all been waiting for. This 1024x768 wallpaper image of Saturn's moon Phoebe was created by the…
New Instrument Finds its First Supernova
The Supernova Integral Field Spectrograph (SNIFS), a new instrument designed to examine exploding stars, has observed its first target: supernova…
As Requested, Bigger Photos
Thanks for all your feedback, I really appreciate it. I can't believe how positive everyone was. The common thread was:…
Photo Gallery of SpaceShipOne
In case you weren't one of the 10,000 plus people who made the trip to Mojave airport to watch Monday's…
Russia Cancels Olsen’s Trip to Space
Although he was scheduled to become the third privately funded person to fly to the International Space Station, Gregory Olsen…