Hubble Has Deep Universe In Its Sights
A spectacular new image of an unusual spiral galaxy in the Coma Galaxy Cluster has been created from data taken by the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
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Orbiter To Remain In Use Until 2020
Russia and its International Space Station partners have an oral agreement to continue using the orbiter until 2020, the president of leading Russian spacecraft maker RSC Energia said on Thursday, February 4th.
Read MoreNASA’s Crew’s Really Clean Room
Prepping for the really big upcoming mission to the Hubble in May, the astronauts acquaint themselves with activities to be undertaken.
Read MoreCOROT Discovers the Itsiest Terrestrial Planet . . . Ever
COROT has been in SatNews recently regarding the newly discovered exoplanets, and today the COROT has found the smallest terrestrial planet ever detected outside the Solar System.
Read MoreLCROSS + Four Teams Are Sensing Plume Participation
NASA has selected four teams to observe the impact of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, known as LCROSS, with the lunar surface during the mission's search for water ice on the moon.
Read MoreA Bright Past + An Interstellar Future For COROT
The COROT satellite developed by French space agency CNES and Thales Alenia Space has been in orbit since December 27, 2006.
Read MoreRadio Telescope Of The Largest Size To Peer Deep Into The Galaxy
East Asian astronomers are building the world's largest radio telescope array to see the deep into the galaxy and black holes and more accurately determine the orbits of lunar probes such as China's Chang'e-1.
Read MoreSpirit’s Driving Spirit
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit resumed driving last Saturday after engineers gained confidence from diagnostic activities earlier in the week evaluating how well the rover senses its orientation.
Read MoreRoscosmos Proposes To Build A Russian Space Station
Roscosmos, the Russian Federal Space Agency, is going to propose to the government the construction of a low-orbit space station to support future exploration of the Moon and Mars, an agency official said Thursday.
Read MoreRockets Red Glare and ACES the Mission Through Auroral Arc
The team had to wait for days for the exact aurora conditions, and when they occurred, the scientists from the University of Iowa finally saw the launch of its two scientific sounding rockets from Poker Flat Research Range, Alaska.
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