Missions
Mars Global Surveyor
[/caption] The Mars Global Surveyor was a spacecraft sent to Mars in 1996. It arrived at Mars and studied the…
Explore the Universe with Science@ESA
[/caption] If you're looking for some superb space and astronomy vodcasts, ESA has produced a series of informative video podcasts…
Deep Impact
[/caption] Deep Impact is the name of a NASA space mission whose primary objective was to study Comet Tempel 1…
Amazing Zoomable Poster on 50 Years of Space Exploration
[/caption] National Geographic has put together a really nice zoomable poster on the history of robotic space exploration. It looks…
LCROSS Team Changes Target Crater for Impact
[/caption] Based on new analysis of the latest lunar data, the science team for NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing…
Mercury in Living Color
The MESSENGER science team released more pictures from the Jan. 14 flyby, including what we've all been waiting for, the…
A View of Mercury’s Far Side
Images and data are arriving from MESSENGER's recent flyby of Mercury. Scientists from NASA and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics…
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…
Comet, Cometary Dust Formed in Different Parts of Solar System
Scientists studying the particles of comet dust brought to Earth by the Stardust spacecraft have uncovered a bit of a…
Landing Sites for Mars Science Lab Narrowed to Six
Where should the next spacecraft land on Mars? The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover is scheduled to launch in the…