Bad Day to be a Russian Satellite Engineer
Reuters quotes Russian President Dmitry Medvedev as saying that he believes those responsible for recent space program failures, like Phobos-Grunt, should be punished. Phobos Grunt is a mission to Mars…
NASA’s future good or bad is up to us
NASA future uncertain Editoral – This year basically ended the United States Manned launch vehicle effort. The Space Shuttle program ended and took away the ability of America to…
NPP First Light Image
On October 28th NASA launched the NPP mission. This is the newest satellite in it’s fleet of Earth Observation Satellites. The satellite is still being commissioned and most of the…
Greenhouse gas index continues climbing
(SOURCE NOAA ) NOAA’s Patricia Lang prepares to measure greenhouse gas levels inside a flask that is part of NOAA’s global air sampling network. Network measurements, made from remote sites…
Fermi Finds Youngest Millisecond Pulsar, 100 Pulsars To-Date
WASHINGTON — An international team of scientists using NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has discovered a surprisingly powerful millisecond pulsar that challenges existing theories about how these objects form. At…
NASA Transfers Endeavour Title To California Science Center
WASHINGTON — NASA transferred title and ownership of space shuttle Endeavour to the California Science Center (CSC) during a ceremony Tuesday at the center in Los Angeles. The transfer is…
LRO Spacecraft Gets Its First Look at Apollo Landing Sites
WASHINGTON — NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has returned its first imagery of the Apollo moon landing sites. The pictures show the Apollo missions’ lunar module descent…
MESSENGER Spacecraft Begins Historic Orbit Around Mercury
WASHINGTON — NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft successfully achieved orbit around Mercury at approximately 9 p.m. EDT Thursday. This marks the first time a spacecraft has accomplished this engineering and scientific milestone…
