Missions
LRO Finds Some Surprises on the Moon
[/caption] The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is getting the closest look yet at the Moon from orbit, providing crucial insights…
Old Gimpy Wheel on Spirit Rover Shows Signs of Life
Could it be true that the old gimpy wheel on the Spirit rover is making a comeback? The right-front wheel,…
MESSENGER Team Releases First Global Map of Mercury
The first-ever global mosaic map of Mercury was released today, which will be a critical tool for the MESSENGER mission's…
WISE Launches to Begin All-Sky Survey (Video)
NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, successfully lifted off this morning on its way to map the entire sky…
MRO Comes Out of Safe Mode
[/caption] The latest word on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is that the spacecraft has successfully come out of safe mode.…
NASA to Launch WISE on Friday
NASA is getting WISE to the Universe this Friday. That is, they're launching the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, a new…
House Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Spaceflight Safety
[/caption] The U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Space & Aeronautics held a hearing yesterday on the issue of how…
Mars Odyssey Goes into Safe Mode
The Mars Odyssey orbiter went into safe mode on Saturday, November 28th because of a glitch in the "memory error…
De Plume! De Plume! Enceladus Raw Flyby Images
Raw images are already being returned from Cassini's Nov. 21 "E-8" or eighth flyby of the tiger-striped moon Enceladus. Visible…
Hayabusa May Come Home After All
[/caption] As we reported last week, it seemed as if the Hayabusa asteroid explorer mission was dealt a fatal blow…