NASA Dawn Mission Gets Vesta Target Practice
There is an old chestnut about a pedestrian who once asked a virtuoso violinist near Carnegie Hall how to get to the famed concert venue. The…
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NASA’s Glory Satellite Fails to Reach Orbit
NASA’s Glory mission launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California Friday at 5:09:45 a.m. EST failed to reach orbit. Telemetry indicated the fairing, the protective…
Read the articleNASA’s Glory Spacecraft Scheduled for March 4 Launch
NASA’s Glory spacecraft is scheduled for launch on Friday, March 4. Technical issues with ground support equipment for the Taurus XL launch vehicle led to the…
Read the articleWhat Kind of Objects Hit the Earth Each Day?
Every day about 100 tons of meteoroids — fragments of dust and gravel and sometimes even big rocks – enter the Earth’s atmosphere. Stand out under…
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NASA Releases Images of the Crater Left by Deep Impactor on Comet Tempel 1 in 2005
NASA’s Stardust spacecraft returned new images of a comet showing a scar resulting from the 2005 Deep Impact mission. The images also showed the comet has…
Read the articleHerschel Measures Dark Matter Required for Star-Forming Galaxies
The Herschel Space Observatory has revealed how much dark matter it takes to form a new galaxy bursting with stars. Herschel is a European Space Agency…
Read the articleNASA’s Stardust Spacecraft Completes Comet Flyby
Mission controllers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., watched as data downlinked from the Stardust spacecraft indicated it completed its closest approach with comet Tempel…
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New View of Family Life in the North American Nebula
Stars at all stages of development, from dusty little tots to young adults, are on display in a new image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. This…
Read the articleNASA’s Stardust-NExT Closes in for Valentine’s Day Rendezvous With Comet Tempel 1
NASA is about to discover how solar heat devours a comet. Stardust-NExT chases a comet, an artist’s concept. [more] “For the first time, we’ll see the…
Read the articleKeep an Eye Out for Solar Sail Flares
It’s a calm and peaceful night. Stars twinkle in the velvety darkness overhead as a distant plane blinks silently on the horizon. You could almost hear…
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