Missions
Could Cassini See You On “The Day The Earth Smiled?”
So along with the rest of the world, you smiled. You waved. You went outside on July 19, wherever you…
You Can Now PhotoBomb Spacecraft Images of Earth Not Once, But Twice This Weekend
You’ve hopefully heard about the chance to have your picture taken this Friday – along with the rest of humanity…
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Kennedy Space Center
- Mars
- Mars Science Laboratory
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Curiosity Interview with Project Manager Jim Erickson – New Software Hastens Trek to Mount Sharp
As NASA’s 1 ton Curiosity Mars rover sets out on her epic trek to the ancient sedimentary layers at the…
Satellite View Shows Opportunity Mars Rover Still Hard at Work 10 Years On
Ten years to the day after the Opportunity rover launched to Mars, the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter…
New Horizons: I Spy Pluto and Charon!
The New Horizons spacecraft is still about 880 million kilometers (550 million miles) from Pluto, but on July 1 and…
Our Solar System Has a Tail Shaped Like a Four-Leaf Clover: New Findings from IBEX
Our Solar System is moving through interstellar space and scientists have long thought that the “bubble” around our Solar System…
- Curiosity
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Kennedy Space Center
- Mars
- Mars Science Laboratory
- Missions
- NASA
- Science
- Solar System
- Space Exploration
- Space Flight
Opportunity rover marks Magic Moment on 10th Year since Launch with Mountain Goal in View
Opportunity rover’s view across Botany Bay to Solander Point - her next destination - as NASA celebrates 10 Years since…
NASA’s Independence Day Fireworks from Wallops Investigates Earth’s Global Daytime Dynamo Current
July 4 Morning Fireworks from NASA! A NASA Black Brant V Sounding Rocket launches in support of the Daytime Dynamo…
Another Exoplanet Hunting Mission Ends: CoRoT Spacecraft Can’t be Recovered
More bad news on the exoplanet-hunting front: While the final fate of the Kepler spacecraft remains unknown, the CoRoT (Convection,…
Podcast: Death of a Spacecraft
In the end, everything dies, even plucky space robots. Today we examine the last days of a series of missions.…