Space Exploration
Dawn Closing in on Asteroid Vesta as Views Exceed Hubble
[/caption] A new world in our Solar System is about to be unveiled for the first time – the mysterious…
NASA Sets July 8 for Mandatory Space Shuttle Grand Finale
[/caption] NASA Shuttle managers met today (28 June) and officially set July 8 as the launch date for the Grand…
End of the Shuttle Era: Q & A With Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach
[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. – He has been with the shuttle program for the past three decades and has witnessed…
Final Shuttle Voyagers Conduct Countdown Practice at Florida Launch Pad
[/caption] KENNEDY SPACE CENTER - The “Final Four” shuttle astronauts who will ever voyage to Earth orbit aboard a NASA…
Dramatic New NASA Animation Depicts Next Mars Rover in Action
[/caption] NASA’s next Mars rover, the Curiosity Mars Science Laboratory, will soon embark on a quantum leap in humankind’s scientific…
Packing a Mars Rover for the Trip to Florida
Check out this way cool time-lapse movie of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover as its being packed up for her trip…
MESSENGER Unveiling Mercurys Hidden Secrets
[/caption] NASA’s MESSENGER probe to Mercury, the scorched, innermost planet of our solar system, is sending back so much startling…
Final Payload for Final Shuttle Flight Delivered to the Launch Pad
[/caption] KENNEDY SPACE CENTER – The cargo canister for NASA’s final space shuttle mission was delivered to the sea-side launch…
Voyager Pushes Boundary of Interstellar Space
[/caption] It may be some 10.8 billion miles from home, but Voyager 1 is sending back some surprising data from…
Test Roving NASA’s Curiosity on Earth
[/caption] Just over a year from now, NASA’s Curiosity rover should be driving across fascinating new landscapes on the surface…