Rovers Will Dig Trenches with Their Wheels

21 years ago

Image credit: NASA/JPL Scientists are always looking for more ways to cram scientific instruments into spacecraft, and they've come up…

Chandra Observes Supernova Remnant

21 years ago

Image credit: Chandra A new image released from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory shows a glowing shell of gas created by…

Paul Allen is Backing SpaceShipOne

21 years ago

Scaled Composites has confirmed that billionaire Paul Allen is the financial backer for the company's SpaceShipOne suborbital rocket plane -…

Beagle 2 Separates from Mars Express

21 years ago

Image credit: ESA The European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft successfully released the British-built Beagle 2 lander this morning, completing…

The Universe Used to Be More Blue

21 years ago

Image credit: ESO Although the Universe is currently a beige colour overall, it used to be more blue, according to…

Is Mars Coming Out of An Ice Age?

21 years ago

Image credit: NASA/JPL Data gathered by NASA's Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Odyssey spacecraft show evidence that the Red Planet…

NASA Tests New Rocket and Parachute Systems

21 years ago

Image credit: NASA NASA has tested out rocket engines and parachutes that could help astronauts escape from the Orbital Space…

Atlas Launches Navy Communications Satellite

21 years ago

Image credit: Boeing A Lockheed Martin Atlas III rocket carried a Navy communications satellite onto orbit on Thursday morning. The…

SpaceShipOne Goes Supersonic

21 years ago

Image credit: Scaled Scaled Composites' SpaceShipOne achieved an important milestone this week when it broke the sound barrier on a…

SIRTF is Now the Spitzer Space Telescope

21 years ago

Image credit: NASA NASA announced today that the Spitzer Space Telescope will be their new name for the Space Infrared…