Missions
Water on the Moon and Much, Much More: Latest LCROSS Results
[/caption] A year ago, NASA successfully slammed a spent Centaur rocket into Cabeus Crater, a permanently shadowed region at the…
STS-133 Crew Conducts TCDT Training
[/caption] The crew for the last mission for space shuttle Discovery spent the week at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center conducting…
More Recent Landslides Spotted on Mars
[/caption] Thanks to the Mars Reconnaisance Orbiter and the on-board HiRISE camera, scientists are able to monitor Mars for changes…
Is the World Ready for An Asteroid Threat? Apollo’s Schweickart Pushes for Action
If we discover an asteroid heading directly towards Earth, are we ready to deal with the challenges of either deflection…
‘Secret’ X-37B Space Plane Disappears Again
[/caption]The game between the United States Air Force and amateur satellite trackers continues: the unmanned X-37B space plane - a…
JAXA: Hayabusa Capsule Contains Particles, Maybe of Asteroid
[/caption] At a press conference yesterday, officials from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced that they had "scraped up"…
Comet Hartley 2 Scouted by WISE, Hubble for Upcoming Encounter
[/caption] In a little less than a month, NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft (its current mission is called EPOXI) will fly…
Rosetta Uncovers a Thick, Dusty Blanket on Lutetia
[/caption] If you think that asteroids are boring, unchanging rocks floating in space waiting only to crop up in bad…
No Glory: NASA Delays Climate Change Satellite Mission
[/caption] A satellite mission to study climate change on Earth has been delayed due to problems with its solar arrays.…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 200: The Mariner Program
Congratulations to Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay on Astronomy Cast podcast #200! This week's podcast is about the Mariner…