Space & Planetary Science

NASA Cassini Image: Tethys, Dione, and Saturn’s Rings“This image was taken on September 22, 2005 and received on Earth September 23, 2005. The camera was pointing toward Tethys (and Dione) […]

Editor’s note: Looks like Stardust is about to do a Mars flyby (Thanks Roger!)

NASA Announces Media Teleconference for Mars Discoveries“NASA’s Mars Global Survey orbiter has observed some interesting changes at Mars. Researchers will announce and discuss the discoveries at a listen-and-logon news briefing […]

Hayabusa arrives at Itokawa, starts hovering operations, JAXA“During its approach to rendezvous, the visible imager carried by Hayabusa succeeded in taking multi-band filter photographs of Itokawa, as the asteroid rotated. […]

Hayabusa Hovers Near Asteroid Itokawa, JAXA“Hayabusa arrived in the vicinity of asteroid Itokawa on 10:00 am, 12 Sep JST. Hayabusa now hovers around 20 kilometers away from Itokawa. The photo […]

NASA’s Durable Spirit Sends Intriguing New Images From Mars“Working atop a range of Martian hills, NASA’s Spirit rover is rewarding researchers with tempting scenes filled with evidence of past planet […]

NASA Responds, IEEE Spectrum“Dear IEEE Spectrum Editors, Recent events at NASA have overtaken the internal debates described in your August article (“The Interplanetary Internet”).”The Interplanetary Internet – NASA researchers quarrel […]

Editor’s note: Spirit has arrived on or very near the summit of Husband Hill. Check out the view – and note the twin dust devils. [Larger image].– A Swarm of […]

Editor’s note: This image was taken recently by Spirit as it continues its climb up Husband Hill. Eric Hartwell has an animated version of a series of images – of […]

From someone@hq.nasa.gov: “Science is the 3rd railof politics atNASA and is useless” said Mike Griffin in the outbrief of the ESAS study. I think that speaks for itself. From someonelse@nasa.gov: […]