Weather on Earth is a Problem for Spirit

21 years ago

Image credit: NASA/JPL A thunderstorm in Australia has hampered communications between NASA and the Spirit rover on Mars. The rover…

Next Steps for Beagle 2

21 years ago

Image credit: Beagle2 Controllers initiated a state of radio silence with the Beagle 2 lander after it failed to report…

Selecting Stars Very Similar to Our Own

21 years ago

Image credit: John Rowe The search for Earthlike planets begins with the search for Sunlike stars. At the top of…

Spirit Reaches Out to Adirondack

21 years ago

Image credit: NASA/JPL Spirit is reaching out to test the nearby rock, "Adirondack", which controllers targeted to get a better…

Latest Status on the Shuttle’s Return to Flight

21 years ago

Image credit: NASA It looks like NASA is still a long way from getting the space shuttles ready to fly…

Humans Will Need Robots to Go to Mars

21 years ago

Image credit: NASA Before humans can take the first tentative steps onto the Martian surface, our robots will have spent…

Photo Gallery: Mars Express First Image

21 years ago

Here's a 1024x768 resolution wallpaper of the amazing first photograph of Mars taken by the European Space Agency's Mars Express…

Spirit Investigates a Nearby Rock

21 years ago

Image credit: NASA/JPL NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit drove a few metres yesterday to get nice and close to a…

Stardust Surprised Scientists

21 years ago

Image credit: NASA/JPL When NASA's Stardust spacecraft swept past Comet Wild-2, it captured material from the comet's tail and revealed…

Planetary Nebula in Glowing Detail

21 years ago

Image credit: UA Astronomers with the University of Arizona tested a new infrared camera on the 6.5-metre MMTO telescope, and…