Phoenix in Such Good Shape, Next Maneuver To Be Skipped
There must have been lots of <i>'high-fives'</i> at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California.
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A Web Of Cosmic Matter
The European Space Union's XMM-Newton launched at the close of 1999, and now the satellite's orbiting X-ray observatory has uncovered part of the missing matter in the universe.
Read MoreGetting Your Name Into Lunar Orbit Is Easy!
NASA is inviting everyone to join the lunar exploration journey with an opportunity to send their names to the moon aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, spacecraft.
Read MoreHerschel Mirrors Assembly Success
The European Space Agency is reporting that the mirror of the Herschel telescope has now been assembled with the payload and service module, completing the spacecraft structure, an important milestone in the days following through to launch.
Read MoreGD + LDCM + NASA + USGS = Landsat Continuance
NASA has selected General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Inc., to build the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) spacecraft.
Read MoreMoon Mission Materials Makeover Move
Designed to bring the moon into sharper focus, and to reveal new lunar insights, a number of instruments have now been installed on NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO).
Read MoreESA’s MARSIS “Digs” Below Mar’s Surface
ESA’s Mars Express radar sounder, MARSIS, has looked beneath the martian surface and opened up the third dimension for planetary exploration.
Read MoreESA Seeking Recruits—Those Interested, Step OUT— Into Space
It’s been a good run, as evidenced by The European Space Agency (ESA) astronauts working in the Columbus laboratory onboard the International Space Station (ISS) as well as the first of ESA's new ATV cargo ships having delivered fresh supplies to the station.
Read MoreNorthrop Telescopes Another Win
Northrop Grumman Corporation [NYSE:NOC] is a partner on five contracts awarded by NASA to investigate concepts for nexgen space telescopes.
Read MoreNo Doughnut Hole This… A True Cluster Hole Found By Hubble…
Omega Centauri has been known to be an unusual globular cluster for a long time.
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