Dawn Patrol…Closing in on Asteroid Vesta
Dawn Mission Patch. Credit: McREL NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is healthy and on course as it approaches asteroid Vesta. Dawn has traveled 2.7 billion kilometers (1.7 billion miles) since leaving Earth. The craft was launched on September 27, 2007. Now, as of May 27, Dawn...Space History on the Auction Block!
Photos: Courtesy of Bonhams There was an off-world look to the recent Bonhams annual Space History Sale earlier this month. The New York scene is a room packed with active bidders as they competed with each other, along with online bidders and buyers listening in...Book Review: First Contact – Scientific Breakthroughs in the Hunt for Life Beyond Earth
First Contact – Scientific Breakthroughs in the Hunt for Life Beyond Earth by Marc Kaufman; Simon & Schuster; New York, New York; $26.00 (hard cover); 2011. The author is a science and space reporter for the Washington Post – and capitalizes on his aptitude...NASA Picks Robotic Science Mission to a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid
OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft makes contact with asteroid 1999 RQ36. NASA has selected mission for launch in 2016, with samples returned to Earth in 2023. Credit: NASA NASA has announced it has selected a New Frontiers mission – a sample-return mission dubbed OSIRIS-Rex....So Long Spirit! Attempts to Reawaken Mars Rover End
Spirit’s last picture show. One of the last images from the Mars rover. Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover continues on its long-distance trek. Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell It appears that it’s all over for NASA’s spirited Mars rover. The...Student Experiments Hurled Into Space
UP Aerospace rocket liftoff from New Mexico carries student experiments to the edge of space. Credit: Spaceport America SPACEPORT AMERICA, New Mexico – NASA’s Summer of Innovation had a special liftoff here on May 20 with a powerful suborbital rocket scooting to the...Classic Trip to the Moon Film Restored
Courtesy: Technicolor Foundation for Cinema Heritage Before Apollo moonwalkers did it for real, movie audiences went to the Moon in 1902. Thanks to the movie magic of Georges Méliès’, his A Trip to the Moon – original title, Le voyage dans la lune —...Rough Stuff! New Moon Maps
By looking at three scales simultaneously, researchers can identify features of interest, such as the maria, which are smooth at large scales and rough at short scales; these features appear blue. The rough terrain of relatively young craters appears white, while...First Photo! “Dawn” of a New Era in Asteroid Research
This image, processed to show the true size of Vesta, shows the first glimpse of the giant asteroid Vesta in front of a spectacular background of stars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has snapped a first image of its target – the...Space Talk
A proud moment for humanity - the #NASA–#ISRO satellite #NISAR has entered its final science-operations phase.
As its powerful radar turns skyward, we’re poised to unlock new insights into #Earth’s changing #climate, #ecosystems, and natural #hazards.
May this mission inspire…
On 29 November 2018, the world took a historic leap in space exploration when #NASA’s InSight lander deployed its seismometer on Mars - capturing #Marsquakes for the very first time.
This breakthrough opened a new window into understanding the #RedPlanet’s interior and…
Day 1049 - Terzan 2
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#Space #Astronomy #Hubble
Time to space out. #cosmic #space #ImagineArt
