Second Mars Rover Launch Pushed Back a Day
NASA announced on Tuesday that it would push back the launch of its second Mars rover, "Opportunity" one day; now…
Japanese Mars Mission Faces Critical Challenges
With NASA's Mars Explorer and Europe's Mars Express missions well on their way to the Red Planet, many are forgetting…
First Light: An Introduction to Stargazing
Interested in space and astronomy but you've never actually looked through a telescope? Until you've actually gone out and done…
40 Years After the First Woman in Space
Officials from the Russian Space Agency marked the 40th anniversary of the first woman to travel to space by presenting…
Object Floating Outside Station Isn’t a Threat
While looking out the window of the International Space Station last Thursday, astronaut Ed Lu noticed a small object floating…
Glimpse Into a Star Factory
Image credit: ESO A new series of photographs taken by the European Southern Observatory show a rare look into the…
Preparing for Human Mars Missions in Antarctica
Image credit: ESA Although a human mission to Mars is still years (maybe even decades) away, research is still being…
Mars Explorer Update
Image credit: NASA Just 48 hours after launch, NASA's Spirit spacecraft was 5.6 million kilometres away from Earth and on…
More Evidence that Meteors Caused Mass Extinctions
Image credit: NASA A team of researchers from Louisiana State University have uncovered a connection between a meteor strike and…
Where’s Spirit Now?
Just a few extra notes for today:NASA has made a Mars Explorer tracking page available on its website. Every few…