Missions
‘Sexy’ GOCE Spacecraft Will Try Again For Launch
[/caption] I got some grief for calling the GOCE spacecraft 'sexy' last year, but I'm sticking with that description. What…
Mars Odyssey Survives Risky Reboot
[/caption] NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter was successfully rebooted today, to thwart any potential future problems with memory corruption of its…
Success: Kepler Lifts Off to Look for Other Earths
[/caption] NASA's Kepler mission lifted off without a hitch just before 11 p.m. local time Friday from Cape Canaveral Air Force…
Life on Ceres: Could the Dwarf Planet be the Root of Panspermia?
[/caption] It has been theorised for a long time that the dwarf planet Ceres may be harbouring a lot of…
Moonlet Could Be Source of Saturn’s G Ring
[/caption] Saturn's G ring has been the ring without a moon, until now. In trying to understand the mysterious G…
MRO Goes Into Safe Mode
[/caption] NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter unexpectedly rebooted its computer Monday morning, Feb. 23, and put itself into a limited-activity mode,…
JPL Offers a Peek Inside MSL Clean Room
[/caption] The Jet Propulsion Laboratory offered a web audience the chance to watch activities in the clean room on February…
NASA Delays Discovery Launch Fourth Time
[/caption] NASA announced yet another delay for the launch of the Discovery STS-119 mission to the International Space Station…
New HiRISE Images: Winter Turning to Spring in Mars’ Southern Hemisphere
[/caption] If you've never seen the "Springtime on Mars 2020" video, its a fun (if not Wall-E-ish) view of what…
Q&A with Kepler Scientist from — Iowa?
[/caption] With a target launch date of March 5, NASA's Kepler mission is just weeks away from its tantalizing journey…