Space & Planetary Science

Evidence from HRSC Mars Express for a Frozen Sea Close to Mars’ Equator (PDF abstract), Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVI (2005)“We have found evidence consistent with a presently-existing frozen body […]

Picture Imperfect: NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, Sky and Telescope“NASA officials acknowledge that two of the space agency’s premier orbiting telescopes share a common problem: flawed optics. One is the 15-year-old, […]

Editorial: Beagle 2, cock-ups and conspiracy, New Scientist“Kicking and screaming, the UK government and European Space Agency have been forced to publish the results of their inquiry into the failed […]

NASA Cassini: Titan-3 Flyby Description“The third targeted flyby of Titan occurs on Tuesday, February 15, 2005 at 6:58 SCET (Ground: 8:06 UTC – 12:06 AM Pacific time). Cassini’s closest approach […]

Message to Outer Planet Research Community by NASA Mission Directorate’s Solar System Division“Due to miscommunications within the Solar System Division, the email that you received was misleading and premature. I […]

NASA Cassini Image: Saturn and Several of its Moons“This image was taken on January 23, 2005 and received on Earth January 24, 2005. The camera was pointing toward Saturn, and […]

Images of New Identified Meteorite Adjacent to NASA Mars Opportunity Rover Heatshield Impact Point NASA’s Opportunity Rover Finds an Iron Meteorite on Mars“The meteorite, dubbed “Heat Shield Rock,” sits near […]

Editor’s note: While ESA takes its time to slowly release images, full collections of Huygens imagery have already been processed and refined well beyond anything ESA has done – see […]

For the latest information on Huygens’ landing on Titan as well as Cassini’s continuing exploration of Saturn, its rings, and its retinue of moons, visit SaturnToday.com.

14 January 2005: Images of Titan Begin to Arrive from Huygens“NASA’s Cassini has begun to relay data received from the ESA Huygens lander as it descended through Titan’s atmosphere. They […]