Foam Test Breaks Shuttle Panel as Expected
As predicted earlier in the week by Columbia accident investigators when a chunk of foam was fired at an actual…
Progress Launches to Resupply Space Station
Image credit: Energia An unmanned Russian Progress 11 cargo ship lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Sunday, carrying more…
Watch the Mars Explorer Launch Live
If you're going to be anywhere near a computer connected to the Internet on Tuesday, why not tune into NASA…
Proton Launches AMC-9 Satellite
Image credit: ILS A Russian-built Proton K rocket successfully launched the AMC-9 satellite on Saturday, completing the 300th launch of…
Bad Weather Pushed Back Mars Explorer
The launch of NASA's Mars Explorer spacecraft was pushed back to Tuesday because of bad weather at the Cape Canaveral,…
Mars Environment Changes More than Previously Thought
Image credit: NASA A year's worth of observations from the Mars Odyssey spacecraft is starting to overturn some older theories…
Earth Could Have Formed Quickly
Our Earth might have formed a lot earlier that astronomers previously believed, maybe as quickly as 10 million years after…
Book Review: The Universe 365 Days
If you've spent some time on the Internet, you've come across the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APoD) website, run…
Mars Express Passes Another Crucial Stage
Image credit: ESA Europe's mission to Mars continues with the next crucial step of Mars Express' journey out of the…
Thunderstorms Delay Shuttle Test
Thunderstorms in Texas have forced investigators to push back a crucial test to determine if foam could actually cause the…