Shuttle Launch Pushed Back to 2005
Space shuttle director Michael Kostelnik announced this week that work to return the shuttle fleet to flight was going slower…
Secret Russian Satellite Launched
A Russian Soyuz rocket with a classified government cargo lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in far northern Russia. The…
What are the Risks of Radiation for Humans in Space?
Human travelers to Mars face many challenges. One of the biggest unknowns is exactly what effect radiation from the Sun…
Interstellar Cloud of Gas is a Natural Lens
Dr. Hayley Bignall, an astronomer from the Joint Institute for Very Long Baseline Interferometry in Europe (JIVE), believes that interstellar…
Mars Express Image of Kasei Vallis
The latest image released from the European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft is of Kasei Vallis; one of the largest…
Largest Mirror in Space Under Development
Construction of the European Space Agency's Herschel Space Observatory is well underway, and engineers recently completed a significant part of…
Glitch Delays X-43 Test
NASA has postponed the test of its X-43 prototype because of a problem with the aircraft's rudder. The 4-metre X-43…
Venus Blazes Beside the Moon
If you have clear skies on the early evening of Monday, February 23, get outside and look to the West…
Opportunity Digs Out a Trench
NASA's Opportunity rover dug into the Martian soil today, to get a better idea of the composition of the minerals…
Titan Could Help the Study of Oceanography
According to researcher Ralph Lorenz, Saturn's moon Titan could help teach scientists about how oceans and weather work on the…