Rovers Will Dig Trenches with Their Wheels
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
Image credit: Boeing A Lockheed Martin Atlas III rocket carried a Navy communications satellite onto orbit on Thursday morning. The…
SpaceShipOne Goes Supersonic
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
Image credit: NASA NASA announced today that the Spitzer Space Telescope will be their new name for the Space Infrared…