NASA and DoE Team On Dark Energy Research (Friday 28th of November 2008 06:15:01 PM)
Roland Piquepaille writes "NASA and the U.S. unit of Energy have teamed up to operate the
future Joint Dark Energy Mission. As you outwardly know, recent astronomical measurements have
showed that about 72% of the total energy in the universe is dark ...
(more)NASA Exploring 8 New Space Expeditions (Thursday 20th of November 2008 08:45:01 AM)
Coondoggie writes "NASA is trying to decide between eight space tour missions that include
further exploring Venus and comet composition as well landing on an asteroid or examining the
space around Jupiter. The space agency today began accepting solicitations ...
(more)Hubble Stops Sending Data, Mission On Hold (Tuesday 30th of September 2008 03:15:02 AM)
Mknewman writes to tell us that NASA is no longer receiving data from the Hubble Space
Telescope, which could if possible delay the shuttle launch planned just two weeks from now.
There is a backup system installed which may be used instead of upbringing ...
(more)Ulysses Spacecraft Not Dead Yet (Sunday 13th of July 2008 01:35:19 PM)
Iminplaya sends in the good news that reports of the death of the Ulysses mission are
premature. (We've discussed the impending shutdown of the 17-year-old mission a couple of times
this year.) Ulysses is a joint NASA / ESA mission to study the sun from ...
(more)Ares V Rocket Bigger and Stronger For Moon Mission (Tuesday 08th of July 2008 07:01:46 AM)
Ares V Rocket Bigger and Stronger For Moon Missionwooferhound writes "In a move to make
the heavy-lift vehicle more robust (predicting an increased launch thrust requirement) to send
four astronauts, a lunar lander plus supplies, NASA has announced ...
(more)NASA Sets Date for Final Shuttle Mission (Tuesday 08th of July 2008 07:01:29 AM)
NASA Takes On Its Detractors, Releases Analysis of 'DIRECT' ProposalSee Also:. Beset By Smears,
Obama Launches His Own Personal Snopes.com; The Real Value of Twitter To NASA's Space Missions;
Americans Find Out NASA Is Going Back to the Moon. Image of ...
(more)NASA Launches Satellite To Monitor Oceans (Monday 23rd of June 2008 01:15:03 PM)
On Friday, NASA launched the Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason 2 adherent into orbit to
begin a blow-by-blow study of ocean currents, sea-surface height, and surface topology.
Scientists hope to use the data gathered by Jason 2 in order to better ...
(more)NASA Selects Landing Site for Phoenix Mars Lander (Monday 14th of April 2008 10:30:01 AM)
Earlier this week, NASA made a course adjustment for its Phoenix Mars Lander which puts it on a
path to land in "Green Valley" on the Red Planet late next month. The site was chosen for being
a broad, flat expanse that is approximately free ...
(more)NASA Running Out of Plutonium (Saturday 08th of March 2008 04:00:02 AM)
PRB_Ohio takes us to Space.com for a story about NASA's plutonium shortage, and how it may
affect future missions to the far reaches of the solar system. The U.S. hasn't produced
plutonium since 1988, instead preferring to means it from Russia. We discussed ...
(more)NASA Vets & Administration Clash Over Moon Plans (Thursday 24th of January 2008 03:45:12 AM)
Mattnyc99 writes "There's a serious feud brewing this week over the Bush administration's plan
for a manned mission to the Moon as an eventual stepping stone to Mars. The Planetary Society,
a top group of former mission managers, space-based scientists ...
(more)Asteroid Missions May Replace Lunar Base Plans (Sunday 20th of January 2008 10:30:05 PM)
An anonymous reader alerts us to a story about efforts to modify the United States' space
inspection plans to focus on asteroid missions rather than a lunar base. Scientists,
astronauts, and former NASA division directors will be meeting next month to ...
(more)NASA Spacecraft Set to Shine Spotlight on Mercury (Tuesday 08th of January 2008 07:30:04 AM)
Coondoggie writes to tell us Network World is reporting that NASA will this month see the
realization of a mission launched in 2004, sent to explore the planet Mercury. "MESSENGER,
launched in 2004, is the first NASA mission sent to orbit Mercury, the ...
(more)Stern Measures Keep NASA's Kepler Mission on Track (Friday 04th of January 2008 04:00:05 AM)
Hugh Pickens writes "NASA's new Space Science Division Director, Dr. S. Alan Stern, appears to
be making headway in keeping in space projects like the Kepler Mission at their original
budgeted costs. The New York Times reports that Stern's plan is to ...
(more)Enceladus "Sea" Mystery Deepens (Wednesday 19th of December 2007 12:30:05 PM)
Smivs writes "The BBC reports that an ocean may not be the source of the jets emanating from
Saturn's moon Enceladus. Controversial exploration cross-examine the moon's promise as a target
in the search for life beyond Earth. A chemical analysis of Enceladus, ...
(more)Potential Landing Sites for EU Mars Rover Selected (Saturday 17th of November 2007 05:00:05 AM)
Kfz versicherung writes "In 2013 the continental Space Agency will launch its mission to Mars -
ExoMars. The multi-million-euro mission calls for a rover guesstimate* just over 200kg that can
trundle over the martian soil in search of past and present ...
(more)Crashed Spacecraft Yields Data on Solar Wind (Sunday 21st of October 2007 12:15:04 AM)
Hugh Pickens writes "After the Genesis mission spent 27 months in space gathering tiny samples
from different types of solar wind, Hollywood stunt pilots swooped in with a helicopter to
catch the falling capsule when it returned to earth. Unfortunately ...
(more)Casino Referenda: Ka Ching (KQED: Capital Notes) (Saturday 08th of September 2007 08:48:00 AM)
Some major cash has been ponied up in the pending February ballot battle over four Indian
casino compacts, amended deals ratify by the Legislature for the Agua Caliente Band of
Cahuilla Indians , the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians , the ...
(more)StarCraft 2 Terran Gameplay, Single Player Info (Sunday 05th of August 2007 06:15:05 PM)
It isn't all World of Warcraft at BlizzCon this year. That little sequel they're making to
StarCraft has gotten quite a bit of attention as well. Gamespot has a liveblog transcript of a
StarCraft II demo. This one, unlike the last, focuses on the Terrans ...
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