en-us 10 10 May 2012 - NASA Dawn Mission Reveals Secrets of Large Asteroid
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has provided researchers with the first orbital analysis of the giant asteroid Vesta, yielding new insights into its creation and kinship with terrestrial planets and Earth's moon.
]]> Dawn|Asteroids 10 May 2012 - NASA's Juno Spacecraft Images Big Dipper
NASA's Juno spacecraft recently viewed the Big Dipper on its way to Jupiter.
]]> Juno 3 May 2012 - Perigee "Super Moon" on May 5-6, 2012
This May's full Moon is a "super Moon," as much as 14% bigger and 30% brighter than other full Moons of 2012.
]]> Earth's Moon 27 Apr 2012 - 100 Days and Counting to NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Landing
At 10:31 p.m. PDT today, April 27, (1:31 p.m. EDT), NASA's Mars Science Laboratory, carrying the one-ton Curiosity rover, will be within 100 days from its appointment with the Martian surface.
]]> Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity|Mars 26 Apr 2012 - Cassini Finds Saturn Moon has Planet-Like Qualities
Data from NASA's Cassini mission reveal Saturn's moon Phoebe has more planet-like qualities than previously thought.
]]> Cassini|Phoebe|Saturn 26 Apr 2012 - Dr. Seuss, Alvin Ailey among the Names Selected for 23 Mercury Craters
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) recently approved a proposal from the MESSENGER Science Team to assign 23 new names to impact craters on Mercury.
]]> MESSENGER|Mercury 25 Apr 2012 - Cassini Sees Objects Blazing Trails in Saturn Ring
Scientists working with images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have discovered strange half-mile-sized (kilometer-sized) objects punching through parts of Saturn's F ring, leaving glittering trails behind them.
]]> Cassini|Saturn 25 Apr 2012 - Dawn Reveals Secrets of Giant Asteroid Vesta
Findings from NASA's Dawn spacecraft reveal new details about the giant asteroid Vesta, including its varied surface composition, sharp temperature changes and clues to its internal structure.
]]> Dawn|Asteroids 23 Apr 2012 - Flying Formation - Around the Moon at 3,600 MPH
The act of two or more aircraft flying together in a disciplined, synchronized manner is one of the cornerstones of military aviation. What if you could take the level of precision of these great aviators to, say, the Moon?
]]> GRAIL|Earth's Moon 18 Apr 2012 - Dawn Gets Extra Time to Explore Vesta
NASA's Dawn mission has received official confirmation that 40 extra days have been added to its exploration of the giant asteroid Vesta, the second most massive object in the main asteroid belt.
]]> Dawn|Asteroids|Dwarf Planets 18 Apr 2012 - Dark Impact Melt Sheet
Today's feature LRO image explores the southern rim of an unnamed crater.
]]> Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter|Earth's Moon 11 Apr 2012 - Herschel Spots Comet Massacre Around Nearby Star
ESA's Herschel Space Observatory has studied the dusty belt around the nearby star Fomalhaut. The dust appears to be coming from collisions that destroy up to thousands of icy comets every day.
]]> Astrophysics Missions|Comets|Beyond Our Solar System 26 Mar 2012 - Happy Birthday Titan!
Saturn's Earthlike Moon - Target of Proposed 'TiME' Mission - Discovered in 1655
]]> TiME|Titan 22 Mar 2012 - NASA Grail Returns First Student-selected Moon Images
One of two NASA spacecraft orbiting the moon has beamed back the first student-requested pictures of the lunar surface from its onboard camera.
]]> GRAIL|Earth's Moon 21 Mar 2012 - Dawn Sees New Surface Features on Giant Asteroid
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has revealed unexpected details on the surface of the giant asteroid Vesta.
]]> Dawn|Asteroids 14 Mar 2012 - Cassini Spies Wave Rattling Jet Stream on Jupiter
New movies of Jupiter are the first to catch an invisible wave shaking up one of the giant planet's jet streams, an interaction that also takes place in Earth's atmosphere and influences the weather.
]]> Cassini|Jupiter 7 Mar 2012 - NASA's Twin GRAIL Spacecraft Begin Collecting Lunar Science Data
The twin GRAIL spacecraft orbiting the moon officially have begun their science collection phase.
]]> GRAIL|Earth's Moon 2 Mar 2012 - MESSENGER Modifies Orbit to Prepare for Extended Mission
MESSENGER successfully completed an orbit-correction maneuver this evening to lower its periapsis altitude - the lowest point of MESSENGER's orbit about Mercury relative to the planet's surface - from 405 to 200 kilometers (251 to 124 miles).
]]> MESSENGER|Mercury 28 Feb 2012 - Proposed Mars Mission Has New Name
A proposed Discovery mission concept led by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., to investigate the formation and evolution of terrestrial planets by studying the deep interior of Mars now has a new name, InSight.
]]> InSight|Mars 7 Feb 2012 - A Vision of Discovery! Understanding NASA Images through Art
Participants will get the latest updates on these exciting missions from dynamic scientists, then learn how to use art to engage students in the appreciation and interpretation of NASA imagery.
]]> Dawn|MESSENGER|New Horizons|Pluto|Ceres|Mercury|Asteroids|Dwarf Planets|Kuiper Belt & Oort Cloud 17 Jan 2012 - Montana Students Submit Winning Name For NASA Lunar Spacecraft
Two NASA spacecraft that achieved lunar orbit on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day have new names from elementary students in Bozeman, Montana, as part of a nation-wide school contest. Their winning entry: EBB and FLOW.
]]> GRAIL|Earth's Moon 12 Jan 2012 - Solar System Exploration @ 50 Symposium
To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the first successful planetary mission, NASA seeks papers for a conference relating to the history of planetary exploration.
]]> Mariner 2 31 Dec 2011 - NASA's Twin GRAIL Spacecraft Reunite in Lunar Orbit
The first of two NASA spacecraft to study the moon in unprecedented detail has entered lunar orbit.
]]> GRAIL|Earth's Moon 28 Dec 2011 - NASA Twin Spacecraft On Final Approach For Moon Orbit
NASA's twin spacecraft to study the moon from crust to core are nearing their New Year's Eve and New Year's Day main-engine burns to place the duo in lunar orbit.
]]> GRAIL|Earth's Moon 23 Dec 2011 - Space Station Commander Captures Unprecedented View of Comet
International Space Station Commander Dan Burbank captured spectacular imagery of Comet Lovejoy as seen from about 240 miles above the Earth's horizon on Wednesday, Dec. 21.
]]> Human Spaceflight|Comets 6 Dec 2011 - NASA's Kepler Mission Confirms Its First Planet in Habitable Zone of Sun-like Star
NASA's Kepler mission has confirmed its first planet in the "habitable zone," the region where liquid water could exist on a planet's surface.
]]> Beyond Our Solar System 6 Dec 2011 - NASA's Voyager Hits New Region at Solar System Edge
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has entered a new region between our solar system and interstellar space.
]]> Voyager 1|Our Solar System 5 Dec 2011 - NASA Goddard Managed Comet Hopper Mission Selected for Further Study
NASA selected the Comet Hopper mission to continue in its mission concept phase.
]]> Comet Hopper|Comets 3 Dec 2011 - What's That Sparkle in Cassini's Eye?
The moon Enceladus, one of the jewels of the Saturn system, sparkles peculiarly bright in new images obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
]]> Cassini|Enceladus|Saturn 3 Dec 2011 - New Horizons Becomes Closest Spacecraft to Approach Pluto
NASA's New Horizons mission reached a special milestone today on its way to reconnoiter the Pluto system, coming closer to Pluto than any other spacecraft.
]]> New Horizons|Pluto|Dwarf Planets|Kuiper Belt & Oort Cloud