Missions
Cluster Spacecraft Catch a Magnetic Reconnection
ESA's Cluster spacecraft were in the right place at the right time on September 15, 2001. They flew through a…
Inflatable Habitat Reaches Orbit
Robert Bigelow's dream of a thriving space tourism industry took a significant step forward today with the launch of the…
Solar Shade to Reverse Global Warming
The overwhelming scientific consensus predicts that human emissions of carbon dioxide will warm the planet over the coming decades and…
Cassini’s Mission is Half Over
NASA's Cassini spacecraft will reach the half-way point of its 4 year mission on Friday - it arrived at Saturn…
SMART-1 Prepares for the End
ESA's SMART-1 has been orbiting the Moon for 16 months, but it's out of fuel, so its life is almost…
MESSENGER Flips Over to Get Some Shade
As NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft gets closer to Mercury, it's also flying closer to the Sun. And temperatures are rising. The…
Artificial Solar System Could Search for Extra Dimensions
The concept of extra dimensions, that there are whole other regions of reality that we can't perceive, has tantalized physicists…
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Continues to Lower its Orbit
NASA's newest visitor to the Red Planet, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, is still in the process of shrinking its orbit,…
Fast Moving New Horizons Tracks an Asteroid
Still a decade away from its final meeting with Pluto, New Horizons tested out its instruments on a relatively nearby…
Genesis Accident Report Released
On the morning of September 8, 2004, NASA scientists were elated. Their Genesis spacecraft had traveled 32 million kilometers (20…