Missions
Who Listens For Phoenix?
[/caption] Phoenix isn't merely dead; it's really most sincerely dead. NASA has now stopped listening for any residual beeps sent…
Shuttle Landing: Beautiful; Progress Docking: Last-Minute Excitement
[/caption] Sunday was a busy day for human spaceflight, as space shuttle Endeavour landed safely at Edwards Air Force Base…
Chandrayaan-1 Feeling the Heat
[/caption] India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft has successfully sent back some of its first science data and images from the moon, but…
Good News and Great Pictures from STS-126
[/caption] Seemingly, the current space shuttle mission, STS-126, has been all about two things: recycling and restoring. The crew has…
It’s Official: Juno is Going to Jupiter
NASA has decided to return to Jupiter with a mission to conduct an unprecedented, in-depth study of the largest planet…
Dawn Spacecraft Shuts Down Ion Engines
[/caption] The Dawn spacecraft's three ion engines have done their work for now, and mission engineers shut down the frugal…
MSL News: Landing Sites and Naming Contest
Landing sites for the Mars Science Laboratory have been narrowed down to four intriguing places on the Red Planet. The…
Moon Impact Probe Hits Paydirt (or pay-regolith…)
[/caption] The lunar impactor from the Chandrayaan-1 mission today successfully made it to the surface of the moon, impacting inside…
Spirit Rover in Trouble
[/caption] Martian dust storms are wreaking havoc with human spacecraft. Not only did a dust storm cut short the Phoenix…
Chandrayaan-1 Now Successfully in Lunar Orbit
[/caption] Chandrayaan-1, India’s first unmanned spacecraft mission to moon, successfully entered lunar orbit on November 8. The spacecraft fired its…