Final Helios Report Released
The board inquiring into the loss of the remotely-operated Helios aircraft released its final report on Friday. Helios was a…
Astronauts Complete Final Spacewalk
The crew of Expedition 9, Gennady Padalka and Mike Fincke, completed their fourth and final walk outside the International Space…
Hubble Sees the Stingray Nebula
The Hubble Space Telescope took this image of the Stingray Nebula, known to astronomers as Henize 1357. The dim star…
Saturn’s Cool… Well, Its Rings Are
According to NASA's Cassini spacecraft, the temperature of Saturn's rings range from cold to really really cold. In this false-colour…
Getting Gravity Probe B Ready Was Tough
After four months in orbit, NASA's Gravity Probe B is finally ready to begin its scientific mission - to find…
Envisat Watches Hurricane Frances
The European Space Agency's Envisat Earth has a whole suite of tools to analyze Hurricane Frances with, and that's just…
Be Safe Florida
At the time I'm writing this, Hurricane Frances is bearing down on Florida, and should make landfall within the next…
Hot and Hotter
A mystery that has puzzled astronomers for years is: why does the Sun's temperature rise as you get further away…
Rover’s Grinder Working Again After Glitch
NASA's Opportunity rover has gone back to work after a two week delay because a pebble was jamming its rock…
Contractors Selected for New Space Vision
NASA has awarded the first contracts for aerospace firms to begin preliminary concept studies for returning humans to the Moon,…