Hot Gases Breached a Shuttle Back in 2000
NASA has released photographs that show how the space shuttle Atlantis suffered damage from hot gases back in May 2000…
X-Prize Entrant Completes Drop Test
Image credit: Armadillo Aerospace Texas-based Armadillo Aerospace successfully performed a helicopter drop test on a component of their spacecraft on…
Test Blasts a Hole in Shuttle Wing
Columbia accident investigators fired a chunk of foam at a sample wing of the space shuttle on Monday, and managed…
Opportunity Blasts Off for Mars
NASA's second Mars Exploration Rover, Opportunity, successfully lifted off from Florida early Tuesday morning after several delays. The launch was…
Next Space Tourist Selected
US-based Space Adventures has selected the next tourist who will fly into space on board a Russian Soyuz rocket to…
Sheets of Debris from a Supernova Explosion
Image credit: Hubble The most recent image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope shows the delicate looking remnants from a…
Another Delay for Opportunity
Image credit: NASA NASA has pushed back the launch of its second Mars Exploration rover, "Opportunity", again; this time because…
Mobile Edition of Universe Today
I've had a few requests for this, so I'm taking a stab at creating a mobile version of Universe Today.…
Japanese Space Shuttle Prototype Crashes
The prototype for a Japanese-built space shuttle crashed on landing Tuesday, breaking its left wing and nose cone. The 4-metre…
Similar Solar System Discovered
Image credit: PPARC A team of international astronomers have discovered a planet which is remarkably similar to Jupiter. This new…