Opportunity Set for Weekend Launch
NASA's second Mars Explorer rover, Opportunity, is set for launch on the weekend atop a Delta II rocket from Cape…
Odyssey Reveals More of Frosty Mars
Image credit: NASA/JPL It turns out that Mars has been hiding its water underneath a layer of dry ice. By…
Pegasus Rocket Launches Imaging Satellite
Image credit: Orbital Sciences Orbital Sciences Pegasus rocket carried an Orbview-3 satellite into orbit Thursday. The Pegasus is different from…
Solar Aircraft Lost Over the Pacific
Image credit: NASA NASA's remotely piloted Helios aircraft was destroyed on Thursday when it broke up over the Pacific Ocean…
New Evidence that Stars Form Like Dominos
Image credit: Hubble An international team of astronomers have gathered new evidence to support the "domino theory" of star formation;…
James Kennedy New Director for Kennedy Space Center
Image credit: NASA James M. Kennedy was selected by NASA today as administrator of the agency's Kennedy Space Center (KSC)…
Columbia Investigators Analyze NASA Culture
Investigators into the Columbia disaster believe they understand the events that led to the destruction of the shuttle, that falling…
Astronauts Announced For Canadian Arrow
A team of Canadian private rocket builders announced their astronaut selection today, as part of their preparations to launch the…
Watch the Discovery Channel Tonight
Just to let you know, the Discovery Channel is planning to air two documentaries about the space shuttle Columbia disaster.…
Summer Will Bring Mars’ Closest Approach
Image credit: Ron Wayman Earth and Mars are rapidly converging, and are expected to reach their closest point on August…