News articles tagged with 'mission' (Page 2)
Cassini sends back postcards of Saturn moons
— 2 Feb 2011 16:58 | AstronomyOn 31 January 2011, NASA's Cassini spacecraft passed by several of Saturn's intriguing moons, snapping images along the way. Cassini passed within about 60,000 kilometres (37,282 miles)…
The first mission to Mercury
— 1 Feb 2011 21:41 | AstronomyAs the team of scientists behind NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft eagerly awaits the craft's entry into Mercury's orbit on 17 March, we could soon get answers to questions about the origin,…
Runaway star plows through space
— 25 Jan 2011 19:47 | AstronomyA massive star flung away from its former companion is plowing through space dust. The result is a brilliant bow shock, seen here as a yellow arc in a new image from NASA's Wide-field…
NASA prepares to launch next Earth-observing satellite mission
— 21 Jan 2011 20:14 | EnvironmentNASA's newest Earth-observing research mission is nearing launch. The Glory mission will improve our understanding of how the sun and tiny atmospheric particles called aerosols affect…
Cassini rocks Rhea rendezvous
— 14 Jan 2011 15:20 | AstronomyNASA's Cassini spacecraft has successfully completed its closest flyby of Saturn's moon Rhea, returning raw images of the icy moon's surface. Pictures of the Rhea surface taken around…
Kepler discovers its first rocky planet
— 11 Jan 2011 17:08 | AstronomyNASA's Kepler mission confirmed the discovery of its first rocky planet, named Kepler-10b. Measuring 1.4 times the size of Earth, it is the smallest planet ever discovered outside our…
Planck unveils wonders of the Universe
— 11 Jan 2011 17:02 | AstronomyThe first scientific results from Europe's Planck spacecraft featuring the coldest objects in the Universe have today been released…
NASA's LRO creating unprecedented topographic map of moon
— 18 Dec 2010 14:45 | AstronomyNASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is allowing researchers to create the most precise and complete map to date of the moon's complex, heavily cratered landscape…
Cassini spots potential ice volcano on Titan
— 15 Dec 2010 18:08 | AstronomyNASA's Cassini spacecraft has found possible ice volcanoes on Saturn's moon Titan that are similar in shape to those on Earth that spew molten rock…
NASA extends TIMED mission for fourth time
— 6 Nov 2010 16:06 | EnvironmentNine years after beginning its unprecedented look at the gateway between Earth's environment and space, not to mention collecting more data on the upper atmosphere than any other satellite,…