Missions
Understanding the Unusual LCROSS Ejecta Plume
LCROSS was an unusual mission, in that it relied on an impact in order to study a planetary body. Not…
Water on the Moon and Much, Much More: Latest LCROSS Results
[/caption] A year ago, NASA successfully slammed a spent Centaur rocket into Cabeus Crater, a permanently shadowed region at the…
No Glory: NASA Delays Climate Change Satellite Mission
[/caption] A satellite mission to study climate change on Earth has been delayed due to problems with its solar arrays.…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 200: The Mariner Program
Congratulations to Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay on Astronomy Cast podcast #200! This week's podcast is about the Mariner…
JWST Built with ‘Unobtainium’
[/caption] The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the much anticipated, long awaited “next generation” telescope, which we hope will…
Solar Dynamics Observatory Earns its Stripes
[/caption] "Now we know what it would look like if Jupiter and the sun had a child," joked Ralph Seguin…
New Horizons Mission Practices Telescopic Imager on Pluto’s Twin
[/caption] This summer, the New Horizons spacecraft was awoken for its annual systems checkout, and took the opportunity to exercise…
JAXA Delays Releasing Details of Hayabusa Sample Return
[/caption] No news yet if there are specks of asteroid dust in the Haybusa sample return container. JAXA has decided…
WISE Cryostat is Depleting
[/caption] NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, is losing its cool. The spacecraft is running out of the frozen…
Spacecraft to Make Final Flyby of Earth
[/caption] The re-purposed Deep Impact spacecraft will make one final flyby of Earth on Sunday June 27, 2010, getting a…