NASA launches craft to Jupiter
Science Friday, August 5th, 2011
A sun-powered robotic explorer named Juno is rocketing toward Jupiter on a fresh quest to discover the secret recipe for making planets
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NASA to test robot gas attendants for satellites
Science Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
An experiment riding on the final voyage of NASA’s space shuttle Atlantis is set to test out technologies that could be used on future robotic spacecraft. The experiment, called the Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM), is a satellite mockup that Atlantis delivered to the International Space Station when it docked on Sunday (July 10). The experiment [...]
NASA spacecraft nears giant asteroid for one-year study
Science Saturday, June 25th, 2011
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is on track to begin the first extended visit to a large asteroid. The mission expects to go into orbit around Vesta on July 16
Mercury images provide new details about planet’s origin, makeup
Science Friday, June 17th, 2011
Data gathered from a spacecraft currently orbiting Mercury has provided some fascinating information about the planet’s surface, composition, and activities
NASA’s Messenger begins historic orbit of Mercury
Science Friday, March 18th, 2011
Messenger is tasked with performing the first complete reconnaissance of the planet’s geochemistry, geophysics, geologic history and atmosphere, according to NASA
Jupiter’s moon Europa
Photos Monday, October 4th, 2010
Europa, a moon of Jupiter, appears as a thick crescent in this enhanced-color image from NASA’s Galileo spacecraft, which was orbited Jupiter from 1995 to 2003
Mars spacecraft bounces back from computer glitch
Mars Tuesday, September 21st, 2010
A powerful NASA spacecraft around Mars has bounced back yet again, resuming its study of the Red Planet
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