Martian Terrain Named for Lost Apollo Astronauts
NASA has memorialized the three members of Apollo 1 by naming terrain near the Spirit rover's landing site. Astronauts Gus…
Volcanoes Would Be Good Future Targets
When selecting targets for Spirit and Opportunity, NASA engineers were very cautious about where the rovers could land. They needed…
What is that Bedrock?
The most intriguing part about Opportunity's landing spot is the big slab of bedrock exposed on the rim of the…
Mars Society Responds to Bush Announcement
When US President George W. Bush announced his government's new space initiative, to return humans to the Moon and then…
Opportunity’s Hardware is Working Properly
Opportunity has tested out the three scientific sensing tools on its robotic arm, and it appears they all survived the…
Rosetta Will Launch in a Month
In one month from now, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft will finally head into space on board an Ariane…
Astronomers See a Star Before it Exploded
Astronomers working with the Gemini observatory were able to make detailed observations of an aging star only a little while…
Halo Around a Gamma Ray Burst
Using the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton and Integral observatories, astronomers have discovered glowing X-ray halos around powerful, but short-lived, gamma…
Search for Beagle 2 is Winding Down
After three more days of intense searching for the Beagle 2 lander, team leader Colin Pillinger said, "we have to…
Opportunity is in a Small Crater
NASA's Opportunity rover landed in an incredibly lucky spot on Sunday morning; inside a small impact crater, and very near…