Shuttle on its Way to Upgrade Hubble
Image credit: NASA The space shuttle Columbia roared into the Florida sky Friday morning, beginning an 11-day mission to upgrade…
Ariane 5 Launches Envisat Successfully
Image credit: Arianespace After much anticipation, an Ariane 5 rocket blasted off from Kourou, French Guiana last night, carrying the…
Jupiter’s X-Ray Hotspot Puzzles Astronomers
Image credit: Chandra A new image taken by the Chandra X-Ray Telescope shows puzzling, pulsating hotspots at Jupiter's north and…
NASA Tries to Contact Pioneer 10
Image credit: NASA Later this week, NASA scientists will attempt to contact the distant Pioneer 10 spacecraft, which was launched…
Ariane 5 Rolled out to Launch Pad
An Ariane 5 rocket carrying the European Space Agency's Envisat satellite, Europe's largest and most expensive satellite was rolled out…
Brightest Full Moon this Year
Image credit: NASA The full moon on February 27 is going to be the brightest one of 2002. The moon's…
Cold Weather Delays Shuttle Launch
Unusually cold weather in Florida has forced NASA to push back Thursday's launch of the space shuttle Columbia for its…
Quikscat Satellite Goes Operational
Weather forecasters have added wind speed and direction data from NASA's Quick Scatterometer spacecraft (Quikscat) to help them predict violent…
Ariane Rocket Places Intelsat Bird into Orbit
An Ariane 44L rocket lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana on Saturday at 0659 GMT (1:59am EST), carrying an Intelsat…
Columbia Countdown Begins
NASA began the countdown on Monday for the upcoming launch the space shuttle Columbia on a mission to upgrade the…