Feb 16, 2011 | Blog, Comets, Education Station, Exploration, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Maryland/Cornell Scientists are elated given the imagery and other data relayed to Earth during NASA’s Stardust-New Exploration of Tempel 1 (Stardust-NExT) February 14 flyby of a previously visited comet. “This mission is...
Feb 15, 2011 | Blog, Comets, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science
Comet Tempel 1 – New imagery. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell Comet Tempel 1 – New imagery. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell NASA’s Stardust-New Exploration of Tempel 1 (Stardust-NExT) has successfully flown by a previously visited comet. The spacecraft...
Feb 14, 2011 | Blog, Comets, Education Station, Exploration, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science
NASA’s Stardust-New Exploration of Tempel 1 (Stardust-NExT) is on target. Mission controllers report that they are pleased with final optical navigation solutions that show the predicted delivery of the spacecraft for a comet rendezvous is within a “green zone.” The...
Feb 11, 2011 | Blog, Comets, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science
If you want to express a little love for comets, check out the offer tied to the upcoming February 14 flyby of NASA’s Stardust spacecraft of comet Tempel 1. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory has set up a little celestial love campaign. Participants can spread the love...