Feature: Space Program News
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Stardust Returns - Earth's Scientists Begin To Study "The Stuff Of Stars"— "To see the capsule safely back on its home planet is a thrilling accomplishment."
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SpaceX Reschedules First Launch for February 8th— Not too long ago, there was a Titan launch that had eleven scrubs and a Delta launch that had six.
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Black Hole Swallows Neutron Star?— Oh yeah, that old elliptical galaxy... on the outskirts no less.
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NASA's Mike Griffin Explains Space Science Cuts— "I am aware that many in the science community have questioned NASA's commitment to science."
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NASA: Back to Eating Seed Corn?— I hate this aspect of being informed.
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SpaceX Scrubs Maiden Launch— Anomalies Force Delay.
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Earth's First Asteroid Landing/Take Off By Japan's Hayabusa Spacecraft
— Data Analysis Reveals That Hayabusa Landed On and Took Off from Itokawa, much to the surprise of the Engineers.
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What Will Become Of The International Space Station?— Europe looks ahead, while the US looks away.
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HiSentinel Airship Reaches 74,000 Feet— This is the first program to successfully fly an airship in near-space.
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SpaceX Sets New Launch Date for Falcon 1
— On November 25th, America will enter a new era of access to space.
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Cosmic Mountains of Creation - New NASA Image— The pillars themselves are colossal, together resembling a mountain range.
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Visiting Venus - ESA Launches The Venus Express— ...with a surface temperature hotter than a kitchen oven, and a choking mixture of noxious gases for an atmosphere.
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If You Like Hubble Pictures, You'll Love The Large Binocular Telescope— The twin mirrors were polished to an accuracy of 30 nanometers, or 3,000 times thinner than a human hair.
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Space Elevator Competition - 2005 Challenge Results— "What happened this weekend is akin to the Wright brothers' first powered flight."
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SpaceX Charges Racketeering - Sues Boeing and Lockheed Martin!— Boeing and Lockheed Martin have engaged in an unlawful conspiracy to eliminate competition in the government launch business.
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Space Shuttle Woes - Fly or Mothball?— ...and then admitted that NASA simply does not have enough money to carry out the schedule.
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The Space Age of SpaceX - Falcon I Prepares For Liftoff
— The civilian space program finally takes off with the launch of Falcon I - October 31st
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NASA's Voyager One Passes Through Termination Shock— Voyager 1 has passed into the border region at the edge of the solar system and now is sending back information about this never-before-explored area.
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NASA Shows Off The Next Generation Of Space Craft— The Exploration Systems Architecture Study has been released.
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Japanese Spacecraft Prepares To Land On Asteroid Itokawa— The Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) is poised to become the first group to land a robotic spacecraft on an asteroid, collect samples, and then return to Earth.
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SpaceX Announces the Falcon 9 - A Fully Reusable Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle— ...making Falcon 9 the most cost efficient vehicle in its class - worldwide.
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NASA Mars Rover Climbs Husband Hill— Like any journey that starts with the first step, Spirit started to roll, and headed toward the hills.
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NASA Administrator Mike Griffin Addresses AIAA Space 2005— They are all heroes for "getting back on the horse" that we all know will throw us again...
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Why The NASA Shuttle Must Continue To Fly— NASA Administrator Mike Griffin and The New Times Trade Words
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NASA'S Swift Satellite Finds Newborn Black Holes— Stars are exploding two, three and sometimes four times in the first minutes following the initial explosion.
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Our Milky Way Galaxy - As You've Never Seen It Before— The Milky Way, it turns out, is no ordinary spiral galaxy.
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Next NASA Shuttle Launch Scheduled For March 2006— Engineers have come to grips with the fact that is impossible to eliminate the tank foam problem.
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NASA Scientists Discover New Method For Predicting Solar Weather— "It's not only interesting scientifically, but has broad implications for society."
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100 Million Dollars To See The Dark Side Of The Moon— Space Adventures Offers Private Voyage to the Moon
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Back From Space - NASA Shuttle Discovery Lands Safely In California— ...ending one of the most publicly followed space missions since the days of the moon landings.
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t/Space Tests Space Vehicle Parachutes in Pacific Ocean Drop— A new space vehicle to carry crews to the International Space Station moved closer to realization yesterday when Transformational Space Corporation LLC tested its parachute landing system by dropping...
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Solar Radiation Danger May Delay Manned Mission To Mars— The astronaut would have absorbed lethal doses of radiation within just 10 hours.
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Saturn's Moon Enceladus An Icy Mystery - Cassini Update— This is as astonishing as if we'd flown past Earth and found that Antarctica was warmer than the Sahara.
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Burt Rutan and Virgin Group form The Spaceship Company— Virgin Group and Scaled Composites partner to provide sub-orbital commercial tourist flights by 2008.
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New Planet Found Orbiting Beyond Pluto— As if that wasn't impressive enough, this new "planet" is being orbited by a small moon.
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No Shuttle Flights Until Debris Problem Resolved— Clearly, with the event we had, we were wrong.
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"We have liftoff!" NASA Shuttle Discovery Thunders Into Orbit
— A perfect launch.
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The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter - More Than Just A Pretty Robot— The mission will return more data about the red planet than all other Mars missions combined.
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NASA Prepares For Tuesday Launch Of Shuttle Discovery— NASA has indicated that mission managers may go for a launch even if the sensor anomaly reoccurs...
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NASA's Shuttle Fleet - Concerns and Compromises
— Mike Griffin may decide that the shuttle Discovery will fly before the end of the month - problem or no problem.
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First Planet Under Three Suns Is Discovered— In other words, a viewer there would see three bright suns in the sky.
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Shuttle Launch Delayed Additional Week
— ...a faulty connection in the wiring leading to the sensor, rather than a problem with the sensor itself.
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NASA Signs Deal With YAHOO!— "We're very excited to be able to offer this expanded coverage to the public," said NASA's Associate Administrator for Space Operations
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Network Coverage of NASA's Return To Flight— It's been years since the Big Three networks have covered a shuttle launch live...
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China To Save Earth From Deep Impact— China's mission would instead be mainly aimed at protecting the planet from being hit by a comet or asteroid
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Russia Seeks Partners For New Space Vehicle— Meanwhile, Europe is considering participation in a Russian program to develop the next generation of reusable manned spacecraft...
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Deep Impact - NASA Nails Comet— In a stunning display of precision and teamwork, NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft goes into the history books as the first...
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NASA Releases New Shuttle Designs— According to NASA, the plans for a new Shuttle and Heavy Lift Booster will look a lot like the Saturn V rockets of the Apollo era. NASA has...
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NASA Space Shuttle - All Systems GO!— Despite a less than glowing review of NASA's efforts at resolving safety issues in preparation for the next launch, NASA decided that they had reduced the risk from debris during...
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Mars Express - Europe Raises The Bar— From the Greeks more than two thousand years ago to Eugene Antoniadi in the mid 1900s, Europeans have made...
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Space Exploration Technology Corporation - SpaceX is ready to Launch— As the market for delivering payloads to earth orbit continues to grow, several new companies are staking out territories for business. SpaceX is targeting the small to medium...
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Saturn, Mercury, and Venus get Close— For the next week or so, you have a rare opportunity to see three planets form a tight group in the western sky, just after sunset. Tonight, June 25th,...
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Ice Hockey On Mars - A Week Of Space News— So many things are happening in humanity's various Space Programs that I'm forced to do a consolidated review of recent news and pictures. The European Space Agency's Mars Express has...
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Solar Sail Spacecraft Launches - NOT!— Lifted into space on a Russian ICBM, Cosmos 1 - the world's first solar sail spacecraft has made it safely into space. The mission is a test of...
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Mars Express Delivers Stunning Pictures
— Clearest Pictures of Martian Surface Canyons
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The Moon, Mars, and Law Enforcement— Politics Makes For Strange Bedfellows
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t/Space Demonstrates New Launch Technology
— One Step Closer To The Moon - Private Industry Steps Up To The Plate
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NASA Picks Contractors For New Space Shuttle— Building the next generation of manned launch vehicle to replace the aging Shuttle...
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Visiting Pluto - NASA's New Horizons Spacecraft— Lauching a spacecraft to our solar system's most distant planet is a landmark accomplishment for humanity.
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NASA'S Shuttle Discovery - Ready To Roll
— With an upgraded external fuel tank that includes heaters to prevent ice from forming...
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Collision Course - Deep Impact Goes Head-On— The first intentional impact with a comet by an earth-launched spacecraft...
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Touching The Future— ...and the children shall lead us.
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Asteroid Impact In 2036?— Today the B612 Foundation issued a call to action to the United States Government. In a detailed presentation, members of this scientific organization stated: The purpose of this paper...
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Frivolous Spending Within NASA Exposed— $500 k Conference Room Remodeling Questioned
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New NASA Shuttle On Fast Track— Administrator Griffin Makes The Right Choices
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Cassini Discovers New Moon— Saturn's Wavemaker
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Gravity Probe-B - NASA Update— Is Einstein's general theory of relativity correct?
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Magnetosphere Project - NASA Update— When north becomes south, who's going to fix my compass?
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Mars Rover Update
— The latest pictures from Mars show two small craters, formed by impacts so recent that...
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Space Shuttle Launch Delayed— After a ten hour rollout to the launch pad Wednesday, the scheduled May launch of Space Shuttle Discovery has been put...
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General Motors Sucks My Shuttle— the US Space Program is a hell of a lot more important than any decision about what truck to buy...
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DEEP IMPACT
— The Book, The Movie, and The Reality
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The Zero Gravity Experience— Fly Like An Eagle!
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