Mars Express Needs to Aim Carefully
Image credit: ESA Mars Express has got just one chance to get this right. In two days the Beagle 2…
No Moon Announcement Today
United States President George Bush disappointed space optimists today when he failed to announce any grand plans to return to…
Landers May Be at Risk From a Dust Storm
Engineers are worried that a new dust storm on Mars might put the three landers at risk when they arrive…
Potassium Could Be Heating the Earth’s Core
Image credit: NASA Geologists at the University of Berkeley believe that radioactive potassium might be a substantial source of heat…
Mars Gets an X-Ray
Image credit: ESA The European Space Agency's XMM-Newton X-Ray Observatory took this recent image of Mars in the x-ray spectrum.…
Book Review: Mars on Earth
For more than three years, the Mars Society has maintained two research stations to test out what would be involved…
Florida Backs Away from Space Lottery Plans
After considering the possibility of giving away a flight to the International Space Station, Florida Lottery officials have decided people…
Russia Will Be Supplying Station Crews
Russian space officials confirmed this week that they will be delivering new crews to the International Space Station for at…
Cassini Collects Particles Accelerated by the Sun
Image credit: NASA/JPL NASA's Saturn-bound spacecraft, Cassini, has made the first observation of interstellar pickup ions beyond the orbit of…
Shuttle’s Wings Will Detect When They’re Damaged
NASA is planning to embed special sensors into the wings of the space shuttle fleet that will detect when they've…