Endeavour ends final mission with smooth landing
Science Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
Signaling the beginning of the end for NASA’s storied shuttle program, the Endeavour plunged back to Earth today, closing out its 25th and final flight
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NASA selects investigations for future key planetary mission
Mars Friday, May 6th, 2011
NASA has selected three science investigations from which it will pick one potential 2016 mission to look at Mars’ interior for the first time
Air Force’s X-37B due for secret mission Friday
Technology Thursday, March 3rd, 2011
The U.S. Air Force’s secretive X-37B space plane will launch on its second mission Friday, but what it will be doing once it leaves the ground remains a mystery
Virtual Mars mission approaching ‘landing’
Mars Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
The first full-duration simulation of a manned voyage to Mars has reached virtual Mars after 244 days of virtual interplanetary flight, Russian officials said
NASA selects investigations for first mission to encounter the sun
Science Monday, September 6th, 2010
NASA has begun development of a mission to visit and study the sun closer than ever before. Solar Probe Plus is slated to launch no later than 2018