Missions
Endgame: GRAIL Spacecraft to Slam into Lunar Crater Rim on December 17
The GRAIL mission will come to a dramatic end on Monday as the two spacecraft will be commanded to crash…
One Spacecraft Captures Another in Lunar Orbit
This is awesome! It is the first footage of one orbiting robotic spacecraft taken by another orbiting robotic spacecraft at…
Herschel Spacecraft Won’t “Bomb” the Moon, But GRAIL Will
Artist concept of Ebb and Flow, the two GRAIL spacecraft in orbit of the Moon. Credit: NASA The Herschel space…
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Curiosity Gets a Sister – What Should She Do ? Scientists Speak
Image caption: Seeing Double - Future Martian Sisters. NASA just announced plans to build and launch a new Mars science…
Moon’s Inner Crust Almost Completely Pulverized
This image shows a highly porous crust on the lunar surface, a consequence of fractures generated by billions of years…
GRAIL First Results Provide Most Precise Lunar Gravity Map Yet
This map shows the gravity field of the moon as measured by NASA's GRAIL mission. Image credit: NASA/ARC/MIT The first…
Opportunity Rover Glimpses Conditions Suitable for Life
Whitewater Lake is the large flat rock in the top half of the image. From left to right it is…
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Vote ‘Curiosity’ as TIME Person of the Year
Caption - I Need You ! Vote for ‘Curiosity’ as TIME magazine Person Of The Year. NASA’s new Curiosity Mars…
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Curiosity Ramps Up Complexity of Surface Ops with 1st ‘Touch and Go’ Maneuver – Cool Animation
Image Caption: Thanksgiving Greetings from Mars ! Curiosity snaps Head and Shoulders Self-Portrait on Sol 85 while posing at windblown…
GOCE – How Low Can It Go?
Caption: GOCE over ice. Credits: ESA - AOES Medialab Since March 2009, the European Space Agency (ESA) mission, Gravity field…