Missions
Flawless Maiden Launch for Europe’s New Vega Rocket
[/caption] Europe scored a major space success with today’s (Feb. 13) flawless maiden launch of the brand new Vega rocket…
Phoenix Lander Still Visible in New HiRISE Images from Mars
[/caption] I spy Phoenix! said the HiRISE camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter! This new image acquired on January…
A Bouncing Moon Boulder
[/caption] One solitary boulder on the Moon apparently decided to take a little journey. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera captured…
GALEX Mission Comes to an End
[/caption] A mission which helped map the ultraviolet sky and worked to confirm the nature of dark energy is coming…
Requiem For Astronaut Janice Voss
[/caption] Please take the time to respectfully recognize the passing of veteran astronaut, Janice Voss. She was a former science…
Incredible 3-D View Inside a Martian Crater
[/caption] This is why I always keep a pair of 3-D glasses by my computer. This well-preserved crater on Mars…
Can We Land On a Comet?
The Rosetta mission will do something never before attempted: land on a comet. The spacecraft is now on its way…
GRAIL Sends Back First Video of the Moon’s Far Side
A first look from GRAIL, showing the lunar far side! A camera aboard ‘Ebb’ -- one of NASA's twin Gravity…
Casting Swords into Space Observatories
[/caption] Editor’s note – Bruce Dorminey is a science journalist and author of Distant Wanderers: The Search for Planets beyond…
IBEX Captures ‘Alien’ Material From Beyond Our Solar System
[/caption] If we could board the starship Enterprise-D and were able to look through Giordi LaForge's visor we might be…