NASA Announces “the Year of the Solar System” (YSS)
To mark an unprecedented flurry of exploration which is about to begin, NASA announced today that the coming year will be “The Year of the Solar…
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The 2010 Software of the Year Award Goes to NASA’s Kepler Mission
NASA’s Kepler mission Science Operations Center software system was named winner of the 2010 NASA Software of the Year Award by the NASA Software Advisory Panel.…
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MESSENGER Reveals Something New About Mercury
The first spacecraft designed by NASA to orbit Mercury is giving scientists a new perspective on the planet’s atmosphere and evolution. Launched in August 2004, the…
Read the articleRosetta Probe Encounters Asteroid Lutetia
Asteroid Lutetia has been revealed as a battered world of many craters. ESA’s Rosetta mission has returned the first close-up images of the asteroid showing it…
Read the articleNASA Launches LCROSS Lunar Impactor
NASA successfully launched the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, Thursday on a mission to search for water ice in a permanently shadowed crater…
Read the article“New Horizons” Probe Wakes Up in Exotic Territory
An artist’s concept of New Horizons. Zipping through space at nearly a million miles per day, NASA’s New Horizons probe is halfway to Pluto and just…
Read the articleFalcon 9 Lifts Off Successfully
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched successfully today and achieved orbit after an abort earlier in the day. Following the cancellation of further development on NASA’s Constellation…
Read the articleVenus Is Still Geologically Active
This figure shows the volcanic peak Idunn Mons (at 46°S, 214.5°E) in the Imdr Regio area of Venus. The topography derives from data obtained by NASA’s…
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On Monday, Jan. 14, a pioneering NASA spacecraft was the first to visit Mercury in almost 33 years when it soared over the planet to explore…
Read the articleLCROSS Impacts Lunar Crater in Search for Water Ice
The LCROSS mission operations team initiated power-up of the LCROSS science payload and saw this view of the moon. NASA’s Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite,…
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