Year-to-year changes in concentration of carbon dioxide and methane, two important greenhouse gases in the atmosphere,…
Record-breaking ancient galaxies
Studies of two distant galaxy clusters using a combination of the largest radio, optical and x-ray…
NASA 2003 Milestones
NASA’s plans for 2003 were abruptly changed February 1 with the sudden and tragic loss of…
SPIRIT ON MARS
The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe regarding Saturday’s successful landing of the…
NASA SPACECRAFT HAS SHIELDS UP
T-minus 48 hours and counting to a historic rendezvous, NASA’s Stardust spacecraft has officially entered a…
Mars Express scheduled orbit change successful
ON 12/30/2003 at 09:00 CET, the first European mission to Mars registered another operational success. The…
Arianespace/Starsem Flight ST12 success
Arianespace/Starsem Flight ST12 successfully placed Israel’s AMOS 2 telecommunications satellite into geostationary transfer orbit on Sunday,…
Chinese satellite successfully launched
On 29 December, the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) successfully launched TC-1, the first of two…
ION ENGINE DESIGN PASSES TEST
A team of engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif, successfully tested a new ion…
BLACK SOOT AND SNOW: A WARMER COMBINATION
New research from NASA scientists suggests emissions of black soot alter the way sunlight reflects off…