India Plans New Mission to Mars
NASA recently made news with it’s MSL rover and now India is looking to flex it’s own technical capabilities with a new mission to Mars. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday…
Kepler Failure Interrupts Science Data Collection
Kepler Hardware Failure causes it to temporarily stop observations The Kepler Satellite, known for many discoveries of planets outside of our solar system, has experienced the failure of one of…
Second JWST Main Instrument Delivered
(Source NASA ) – The second of four main instruments to fly aboard NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) has been delivered to NASA. The Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS) will…
SpaceX wins $440 Million Contract to Return Astronauts to Space.
Hawthorne, CA – According to the SpaceX Web site on August third Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) won a $440 million contract with NASA to develop the successor to the Space…
First 360-Degree Panorama from Curiosity Mars Rover
PASADENA, Calif. — Remarkable image sets from NASA’s Curiosity rover and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) are continuing to develop the story of Curiosity’s landing and first days on Mars. The…
MSL Curiosity Latest Images from Sol 1
MSL continues to send great images from Mars. Here are some of the better images that have thus far been transmitted. You can see more images by at the NASA…
MRO Snaps Picture of MSL Curiosity Rover on Parachute as it landed.
(Source NASA) -NASA’s Curiosity rover and its parachute were spotted by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter as Curiosity descended to the surface on Aug. 5 PDT (Aug. 6 EDT). The High-Resolution…
MSL Curiosity sends higher resolution pictures
(Source NASA) PASADENA, Calif. – About two hours after landing on Mars and beaming back its first image, NASA’s Curiosity rover transmitted a higher-resolution image of its new Martian home,…
