SMART-1 is Doing Well
Image credit: ESA The European Space Agency's SMART-1 spacecraft has completed its 50th orbit of the Earth; operating its ion…
30-Metre Telescope in the Works
Image credit: Caltech The possibility of a 30-metre telescope moved closer to reality this week when the Gordon and Betty…
Titan 2 Finally Launches Weather Satellite
Image credit: Lockheed Martin A Titan II rocket successfully placed a US military weather satellite into orbit on Friday after…
Soyuz Docks with Station
Image credit: NASA Two days after launching from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft successfully docked with…
What’s Next for China?
With Yang Liwei safely on the ground, China took advantage of their space momentum to highlight their future plans. Officials…
India Launches Remote Sensing Satellite
Image credit: ISRO An Indian PSLV rocket blasted off today from the Satish Dhawan Space Center carrying the IRS-P6 remote…
Glaciers in Patagonia Melting Faster Then Expected
Image credit: NASA/JPL New research from NASA shows that glaciers in the Patagonia region of South America are thinning out…
Four Possible Causes for Contour’s Failure
Image credit: NASA NASA investigators have come up with four possible reasons why the Comet Nucleus Tour (CONTOUR) mission failed…
Shenzhou 5 Returns Safely to Earth
China?s first astronaut, Yang Liwei, emerged triumphantly from his Shenzhou 5 capsule yesterday after spending nearly 21 hours in space.…
Chandra’s View of the Crescent Nebula
Image credit: Chandra A new composite/optical image taken by the Chandra X-Ray Observatory shows a portion of the Crescent Nebula,…