Cassini To Take Another Peek At Enceladus
Just over three weeks after the previous fly-by of Enceladus, Cassini will again fly by this Saturnian moon, passing at an altitude of 197 kilometres.
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Mars, NASA’s MESSENGER Discovers Rare Real Estate With a View
While Mercury may appear as a battered surface, a NASA spacecraft gliding over its surface for the second time this year has revealed more previously unseen real estate on the innermost planet. The probe also has produced several science firsts and is returning hundreds of new photos and measurements
Read MoreDemocracy in Space as Astronauts Vote
NASA Commander Mike Fincke (right) and Flight Engineer Greg Chamitoff in the International Space Station should get a prize on November 4 for the votes that came the farthest — in this case traveling 220 miles above Earth and orbiting at 17,500 miles per hour.
Read MoreNASA’s Mars Orbiter Reveals Gem Show On Mars
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed Martian rocks containing a hydrated mineral similar to opal described as a new category of minerals spread across large regions of Mars.
Read MoreMajor News from NASA’s Spitzer, Two Asteroid Belts in Nearest Planetary System
Big news came with the latest observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope which reveals that the nearest planetary system to our own has two asteroid belts — our own solar system has just one. The star at the center of the nearby system, called Epsilon Eridani, is a younger, slightly cooler and fainter version of the sun.
Read MoreCOROT Is Starry-Eyed + IDs The Wobbles
Sounding the Sun through a technique similar to seismology has opened a new era for understanding the Sun's interior. The COROT satellite has now applied this technique to three stars, directly probing the interiors of stars beyond the Sun for the first time.
Read MoreNASA’s Desert RATS Test Drive Lunar Rover
A collection of engineers, astronauts and geologists have spent the past week testing out the Small Pressurized Rover in the 11th annual Desert RATS (Research and Technology Studies) field tests. Two teams of one astronaut and one geologist each have been driving the rover through the Arizona desert, trying it out in two different configurations.
Read MoreThanks for the Memories As Soyuz Returns to Earth
Last night two Russian cosmonauts and American space tourist Richard Garriott departed from the International Space Station for their return to Earth.
Read MoreNASA’s Next Moon Mission Sealed (In Thermal Vacuum)
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has begun environmental testing in a thermal vacuum that simulates the harsh rigors of space. Not an easy method, unlike packing your dinner in a sealed plastic container
Read MoreXMM-Newton Is Alive!
Last weekend, the European Space Agency (ESA) lost contact with its XMM-Newton X-ray observatory. Many space agencies and organizations are now joining forces trying to fix the problem — a feeble radio signal has been heard, and ground-based observations confirm that the spacecraft is intact.
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