Missions
Stardust Placed Into Hibernation
Having successfully delivered its fragile payload of comet and interstellar dust samples, Stardust is a spaceship without a purpose. This…
10 Days Until Stardust Returns
NASA's Stardust spacecraft performed its 18th and second-to-last flight maneuver on January 5th, perfecting its aim for Earth. On January…
Ariane 5 Blasts Off with Two Satellites
An Ariane 5 rocket blasted off from the Guiana Space Centre on December 21, carrying two satellites into orbit: ESA's…
Stardust is Almost Home
After years in space, and having successfully collected samples from a comet, NASA's Stardust spacecraft is almost home. If all…
Ariane 5 Lofts Record Payload into Orbit
An Ariane 5 rocket blasted off Thursday from Kourou, French Guiana carrying two satellites: Spaceway 2 broadcast satellite for DIRECTV,…
Gravity Probe B Will Tell Us If Einstein Was Right
NASA/Stanford's Gravity Probe B spacecraft recently wrapped up a year of gathering data about the Earth's gravity field. If Einstein…
Cryosat Launch Fails
ESA officials have confirmed that the Cryosat mission smashed into the Arctic ocean minutes after launch on Saturday. It was…
Gravity Probe B Wraps Up Observations
After 17 months of productive data collection, NASA's Gravity Probe B satellite has gathered all the data it needs to…
Future Titan Mission Shield Blasted By Radiation
NASA and Sandia National Laboratories have been using a powerful solar tower to test new spacecraft materials. The tower reflects…
NASA’s Prototype Solar Sail Inflates Perfectly
Sailing through space on nothing but photons from the Sun is a nice dream, but we're still years away from…