Missions
Deep Impact On a Collision Course for Science
NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral on Wednesday, beginning a six-month cruise to smash a hole…
Deep Impact Prepared for Launch
Engineers are making the final preparations for the launch of NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft, due to lift off from Cape…
Swift Launches to Search for Cosmic Explosions
After several days of delays, NASA's Swift observatory was finally launched Saturday at 1716 UTC (12:16 pm EST) atop a…
Swift Launch Pushed Back a Day
NASA's Swift spacecraft is sitting on top of a Boeing Delta II rocket at Florida's Cape Canaveral, waiting for technical…
Soyuz 2 Test Successful
A Soyuz 2-1a rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia yesterday, completing a test of this modernized version…
Swift Prepares for Flight
In two weeks, NASA's Swift observatory will take to the skies atop a Delta II rocket to scan the Universe…
Frame Dragging Confirmed
When developing his General Theory of Relativity, Albert Einstein predicted that the Earth should drag space and time around with…
Deep Impact Arrives in Florida
NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft arrived at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and will now be prepared for its launch.…
Investigators Focus in On a Potential Cause for Genesis Crash
NASA investigators think they might have a potential reason why the Genesis sample return capsule failed to deploy its parachute…
New Mission Will Survey the Entire Sky in Infrared
The closest stars to our Solar System probably haven't been discovered because it's likely they're of a cool, dim class…