News articles tagged with 'spacecraft'
Dawn enters asteroid belt - for good
— 18 Nov 2009 09:55 | AstronomyNASA's Dawn spacecraft re-entered our solar system's asteroid belt 13 November and this time it will stay there... — full story
ESA spacecraft may help unravel cosmic mystery
— 13 Nov 2009 14:15 | AstronomyWhen Europe's comet chaser Rosetta swings by Earth tomorrow for a critical gravity assist, tracking data will be collected to precisely measure the satellite's change in orbital energy.... — full story
Meteorite from 25 September fireball event recovered and presented
— 18 Oct 2009 12:38 | AstronomyWhen Tony Garchinski heard a loud crash just after 9 PM on Friday, 25 September he didn't think much of it. That is, until he awoke the next morning to find the windshield of his mom's... — full story
Femtoseconds lasers help formation flying in space
— 3 Oct 2009 09:16 | TechnologyThe National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has helped to establish that femtosecond comb lasers can provide accurate measurement of absolute distance in formation flying space missions... — full story
SMART-1 mapped crash scene of upcoming LCROSS impact
— 26 Sep 2009 10:11 | AstronomyThe European Space Agency's SMART-1 team has released an image of the future impact site of NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS). LCROSS will search for water... — full story
NASA instruments reveal water molecules on lunar surface
— 25 Sep 2009 15:10 | AstronomyNASA scientists have discovered water molecules in the polar regions of the moon. Instruments aboard three separate spacecraft revealed water molecules in amounts that are greater than... — full story
Preventive care continues, science on hold
— 5 Sep 2009 10:54 | AstronomyDuring analysis of four safe-mode events this year, engineers for NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter project have identified a vulnerability to the effects of subsequent events. They... — full story
Mars orbiter puts itself in safe mode again
— 27 Aug 2009 14:06 | AstronomyNASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter put itself into a safe mode Wednesday morning, 26 August, for the fourth time this year, while maintaining spacecraft health and communications. While... — full story
NRL successfully completes first major development milestone on the NPOESS MIS program
— 27 Aug 2009 13:46 | TechnologyNRL's Spacecraft Engineering Department and Remote Sensing Division announced it has successfully completed the System Requirements and Design Review (SRDR) for the National Polar-orbiting... — full story
Apollo 11 conversations Earth didn't hear now online
— 16 Jul 2009 02:31 | AstronomyYou're in a spacecraft, on a mission to land on the moon for the first time in history, and the microphone to Earth is off. What do you say? Now you can listen in on a NASA Web site... — full story