One Month Until Spirit Lands
Image credit: NASA/JPL NASA's twin rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, are still on track to reach the Red Planet in early…
Stardust Approaches Comet Wild 2
Image credit: NASA/JPL NASA's Stardust spacecraft took this photograph of its target, Comet Wild 2, while it was still 25…
Atlas Launches Classified Payload
Image credit: ILS An Atlas IIAS rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California this morning at 1004 UTC…
Chinese Moon Shot by 2020
According to a report by the Associated Press, the Chinese are planning to put humans on the Moon by 2020.…
Japanese Rocket Destroyed Shortly After Launch
Image credit: JAXA The Japanese space program suffered a setback on Saturday when a booster failed to detach from an…
Evidence for Planets Around Vega
Image credit: PPARC Astronomers from the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council believe they've discovered a planetary system around Vega,…
Neptune Emptied the Kuiper Belts
Image credit: NASA Researchers from the Southwest Research Institute believe they have a theory that could help explain why there…
Mars Odyssey Instrument Fails
Image credit: NASA/JPL During a recent solar storm, an instrument on board NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft failed, and so far,…
Astronauts Hear a Crunching Sound on the Station
Astronauts on board the International Space Station heard what sounded like a tin can being crushed against the outer hull,…
Images of Wetlands from Space
Image credit: ESA The Earth's wetlands are home to some of the most fragile and diverse ecosystems on the planet,…