Send Your Name Around the Earth on NASA’s Glory Mission
Members of the public can send their names around Earth on NASA’s Glory satellite, the first mission dedicated to understanding the effects of particles in the…
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NASA Extends Cassini Mission
NASA is extending the international Cassini-Huygens mission by two years. The historic spacecraft’s stunning discoveries and images have revolutionized our knowledge of Saturn and its moons.…
Read the articleEPOXI Mission to Comet Hartley-2
NASA has approved the retargeting of the EPOXI mission for a flyby of comet Hartley 2 on Oct. 11, 2010. Hartley 2 was chosen as EPOXI’s…
Read the articleDawn Spacecraft Launched
A spectacular launch of the Dawn spacecraft into a beautiful Florida sky. Photo credit: NASA NASA’s Dawn spacecraft began its 1.7 billion mile journey through the…
Read the articleNASA Restarts Telescope Mission to Detect Black Holes
NASA has made a decision to restart an astronomy mission that will have greater capability than any existing instrument for detecting black holes in the local…
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MESSENGER Venus Flyby
Picture this: A spaceship swoops in from the void, plunging toward a cloudy planet about the size of Earth. A laser beam lances out from the…
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Today NASA released stunning new images of Jupiter and its moons taken by the New Horizons spacecraft. Views include a movie of a volcanic eruption on…
Read the articlePreventing Sick Spaceships
Picture this: You’re one of several astronauts homeward bound after a three-year mission to Mars. Halfway back from the Red Planet, your spacecraft starts suffering intermittent…
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