Missions
A Winged MESSENGER Flies By Mercury
On January 14 the MESSENGER spacecraft skimmed just 200 kilometers (124 miles) above the surface of Mercury in the first…
Ulysses Passes Over Sun’s North Pole
Continuing on its epic journey around the Sun, Ulysses has reached the Sun's north pole just in the nick of time.…
Make Room at the Moon
Lunar orbit is getting to be a busy place, with several different countries sending spacecraft to the moon. Currently orbiting…
MESSENGER and other Significant Mission Events in 2008
Today, the MESSENGER spacecraft will perform a significant task in its mission by making its first flyby of Mercury (see…
SoHO Celebrates its 12th Birthday
On December 2nd, 1995 a large joint ESA and NASA mission was launched to gain an insight to the dynamics…
Hinode Discovers the Sun’s Hidden Sparkle
Blinking spots of intense light are being observed all over the lower atmosphere of the Sun. Not just in the…
Supernova Generates Enough Dust for 10,000 Earths
My kids find it fascinating that the gold in the ring on my finger was formed in an instant when…
Deep Impact Has a New Target
It seemed like such a shame. NASA built Deep Impact to see what happens when you smash a refrigerator-sized object…
NASA Announces a New Gravity Field Mission to the Moon
Just in case you'd forgotten that the focus is going to be on the Moon for the next few decades,…
Shuttle Launch Delayed Until January 2
Space shuttle Atlantis' STS-122 mission to the International Space Station has been further delayed and now is targeted to launch…