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Wednesday, 17 February 2010 |
Astronauts ventured outside the International Space Station for the third and last spacewalk their mission to unlock window shutters on the orbiting lab's new observation deck. |
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010 |
Our solar system feels brand new when you look at all that's been learned in the past decade. |
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010 |
It's a zoo out there. More than 400 worlds have been found beyond our solar system. Some are really strange. |
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010 |
A plane crash in California has killed three employees of Tesla Motors, the electric car venture led by private spaceflight pioneer Elon Musk, according to local news reports. |
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010 |
WISE infrared survey mission releases four new photos of universe. |
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010 |
Trigger for Type 1a supernovas uncovered with x-ray observations from Chandra. |
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010 |
The brightest asteroid Vesta reaches opposition this week right next to the beautiful double star Algieba. |
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010 |
Stars that formed early in universe found in dwarf galaxies neighboring Milky Way. |
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010 |
Cold weather in Florida has forced NASA to delay its next space shuttle launch to no earlier than April 5. |
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010 |
A dramatic new image from the Gemini North telescope, on Mauna Kea in Hawaii, illustrates the dynamic and sometimes violent process of star birth. |
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010 |
The possibility that life was shared between Earth and Mars could be tested with a DNA analyzer. One research team has built a prototype and plans field tests on a South American volcano. |
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010 |
The planets of our solar system vary greatly in size, composition, temperature, chemistry and geology. Here are some notable extremes. |
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010 |
Stunning new photographs released by NASA reveal the space shuttle Endeavour in silhouette against a colorful backdrop provided by the Earth. |
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010 |
Cosmic rays originate in the distant remnants of dead stars, new evidence confirms. |
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010 |
Ice-skating on Mars seems unlikely, but astronauts skied on the moon. |
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010 |
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Treat yourself to some of the first images from NASA's recently launched Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer space telescope. |
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010 |
 Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have opened the shutters on the seven Cupola windows this morning, providing them with the first view of Earth from their new observation deck. |
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010 |
 Following the recent selection of 11 high school teams as winning entrants in the first European CanSat competition, a workshop for the teachers involved was held at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in the Netherlands, on 12-13 February. |
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Tuesday, 16 February 2010 |
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President Obama, congressional leaders and middle school students will speak with the astronaut crews of the International Space Station and the space shuttle Endeavour Wednesday at 5:15 p.m. EST to congratulate them on their successful ongoing mission. |
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Tuesday, 16 February 2010 |
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The next set of International Space Station residents will be available to talk to journalists at 1 p.m. CST on Tuesday, March 2. |
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Tuesday, 16 February 2010 |
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New findings from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have provided a major advance in understanding a type of supernova critical for studying the dark energy that astronomers think pervades the universe. |
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Tuesday, 16 February 2010 |
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A diverse cast of cosmic characters is showcased in the first survey images NASA released Wednesday from its Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. |
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Tuesday, 16 February 2010 |
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NASA is targeting Monday, April 5, for the launch of the next space shuttle from the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. |
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Tuesday, 16 February 2010 |
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Students in elementary and middle schools nationwide will have their questions about space answered live on Feb. 14 by space shuttle astronauts orbiting 220 miles above Earth. |
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Tuesday, 16 February 2010 |
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Second Missile Warning Satellite Achieves Key Testing Milestone at Lockheed Martin |
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Tuesday, 16 February 2010 |
 One of the most exciting scientific instruments ever built, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS), arrived at ESA?s Test Centre in the Netherlands for testing before being launched on the Space Shuttle to the ISS this July. |
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Tuesday, 16 February 2010 |
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GMV Conducts Successful First Satellite Ground Systems Testing for Hubble Telescope Successor, World Space Observatory |
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Monday, 15 February 2010 |
 Today Mars Express began a series of flybys of Phobos, the largest moon of Mars. The campaign will reach its crescendo on 3 March, when the spacecraft will set a new record for the closest pass to Phobos, skimming the surface at just 50 km. The data collected could help untangle the origin of this mysterious moon. |
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Monday, 15 February 2010 |
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NASA will exercise a one-year extension option for a contract with Computer Science Corporation of Fort Worth, Texas, to provide aircraft maintenance and modification support. |
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Monday, 15 February 2010 |
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The 11 crew members aboard space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station will hold a news conference at 8:39 p.m. CST on Thursday, Feb. 18. |
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Monday, 15 February 2010 |
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The first batch of concrete was poured Thursday, February 11, marking the start of the final concrete finish phase of the runway construction at Spaceport America, the world's first purposebuilt commercial spaceport. |
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Monday, 15 February 2010 |
 ESA and the European Defence Agency (EDA) are furthering their combined efforts in the study of satellite services for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) through the signing of contracts with two consortia to carry out parallel feasibility studies. |
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