Missions
Genesis Sheds Light On Sun And Solar System Formation
[/caption] For 886 days between 2001 and 2004, a tiny spacecraft named Genesis sat parked at Lagrange Point L1 quietly…
ARTEMIS Spacecraft Curlicuing Their Way To Lunar Orbit
[/caption] From a Goddard Space Flight Center Press Release: They've almost arrived. It took one and a half years, over…
Packing a Mars Rover for the Trip to Florida
Check out this way cool time-lapse movie of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover as its being packed up for her trip…
MESSENGER Unveiling Mercurys Hidden Secrets
[/caption] NASA’s MESSENGER probe to Mercury, the scorched, innermost planet of our solar system, is sending back so much startling…
Help Scientists Decide on Which KBOs the New Horizons Spacecraft Will Visit
How would you like to help choose an additional destination or two for a spacecraft heading to the outer solar…
June 21 ATV Re-Entry: A Man-Made Fireball In The Sky
[/caption] The Johannes Kepler ATV (Automated Transfer Vehicle) has undocked from the International Space station and will re- enter Earth’s…
EPOXI Encounters Energetic Comet Hartley 2
[/caption] No, EPOXI isn't the name of a new super glue, but an abbreviation for the continuation of Deep Impact.…
Voyager Pushes Boundary of Interstellar Space
[/caption] It may be some 10.8 billion miles from home, but Voyager 1 is sending back some surprising data from…
How LRO Plans to Watch the Lunar Eclipse from the Moon
What will the June 15th lunar eclipse look like from the Moon itself? Luckily, we've got the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter…
STEREO Spacecraft Provides First Complete Image of Sun’s Far Side
[/caption] Far out! This is the first complete image of the solar far side, the half of the sun invisible…