Solar System

Test Roving NASA’s Curiosity on Earth

[/caption] Just over a year from now, NASA’s Curiosity rover should be driving across fascinating new landscapes on the surface…

13 years ago

Opportunity Rover Heads for Spirit Point to Honor Dead Martian Sister; Science Team Tributes

[/caption] Scientists leading NASA’s Mars rover team have selected “Spirit Point” as the name for the spot where the “Opportunity”…

13 years ago

Voyagers Find Giant Jacuzzi-like Bubbles at Edge of Solar System

[/caption] The barrier at the edge of our Solar System may not be the smooth shield that scientists once thought.…

13 years ago

Comet Elenin: Just Passing By

[/caption] It starts out innocently enough: a small speck against a field of background stars, barely noticeable in the image…

13 years ago

NASA Releases Spectacular Portrait Photos of Endeavour Docked at the ISS from Soyuz and Paolo Nespoli

[/caption] NASA has at last today (June 7) released the spectacular portrait photos of Endeavour docked at the International Space…

13 years ago

STS-134 Shuttle Commander Mark Kelly appears at U2360° Concert in Seattle: Music Video

http://youtu.be/9ydz5-ecdpg Check out this out-of-this-world surprise delivered by the rock band U2 to their concert audience at Quest Field, Seattle…

13 years ago

Last Ever Shuttle Journeys out to the Launch Pad; Photo Gallery

[/caption]KENNEDY SPACE CENTER – The last shuttle that will ever blast to space has journeyed from the cavernous Vehicle Assembly…

13 years ago

Opportunity Surpasses 30 KM Driving and Snaps Skylab Crater in 3 D

[/caption] With her most recent drive of 482 feet (146.8 meters) on June 1, 2011 (Sol 2614), NASA’s Opportunity Mars…

13 years ago

Era of Space Shuttle Endeavour Ends with June 1 landing at the Kennedy Space Center

[/caption] KENNEDY SPACE CENTER - Space Shuttle Endeavour and her six man crew landed safely today at the Kennedy Space…

13 years ago

Bringing the Solar System Down to Earth

As a part of NASA's ongoing Year of the Solar System – which is actually a single Martian year long, or…

13 years ago