en-us 10 16 May 2013 - Mars Rover Opportunity Examines Clay Clues in Rock
NASA's senior Mars rover, Opportunity, is driving to a new study area after a dramatic finish to 20 months on "Cape York" with examination of a rock intensely altered by water.
]]> Mars Exploration Rovers: Spirit/Opportunity|Mars 16 May 2013 - Nine-Year-Old Mars Rover Passes 40-Year-Old Record
NASA's Mars rover Opportunity now holds the record for farthest driving by a NASA vehicle on a world away from Earth, passing a mark set by an Apollo astronaut-driven rover.
]]> Mars Exploration Rovers: Spirit/Opportunity|Mars 16 May 2013 - NASA's Asteroid Sample Return Mission Moves into Development
NASA's first mission to sample an asteroid is moving ahead into development and testing in preparation for its launch in 2016.
]]> OSIRIS-REx|Asteroids 15 May 2013 - Asteroid 1998 QE2 to Sail Past Earth Nine Times Larger Than Cruise Ship
Asteroid 1998 QE2 will get no closer than about 3.6 million miles at time of closest approach on May 31 at 1:59 p.m. Pacific (4:59 p.m. Eastern).
]]> Asteroids 15 May 2013 - Kepler Mission Manager Update
The Kepler spacecraft is in safe mode. The root cause is not yet known, however the proximate cause appears to be an attitude error.
]]> Beyond Our Solar System 15 May 2013 - NASA Probe Counts Space Rock Impacts on Mars
Scientists using images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have estimated that the planet is bombarded by more than 200 small asteroids or bits of comets per year forming craters at least 12.8 feet (3.9 meters) across.
]]> Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter|Mars 15 May 2013 - Cassini Shapes First Global Topographic Map of Titan
Scientists have used data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft to map the highs and lows of Titan, Saturn's largest moon.
]]> Cassini|Titan 14 May 2013 - NASA Honors Sally Ride with A National Tribute At Kennedy Center
NASA and Sally Ride Science are inviting the general public and journalists to "Sally Ride: A Lifetime of Accomplishment, A Champion of Science Literacy," an educational tribute to America's first woman in space on Monday, May 20.
]]> Human Spaceflight 10 May 2013 - Opportunity Update
Opportunity is feverishly working to complete analysis of 'Esperance,' believed to be a phyllosilicate-rich target, before departing for her winter haven at 'Solander Point' to the south.
]]> Mars Exploration Rovers: Spirit/Opportunity|Mars 9 May 2013 - Ring of Fire Solar Eclipse -- Today!
On 9-10 May, the moon will pass directly in front of the sun over the South Pacific, producing a "ring of fire" solar eclipse.
]]> Sun 9 May 2013 - NASA Curiosity Rover Team Selects Second Drilling Target On Mars
The team operating NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has selected a second target rock for drilling and sampling. The rover will set course to the drilling location in coming days.
]]> Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity|Mars 9 May 2013 - Sifting Through the Atmospheres of Far-off Worlds
Gone are the days of being able to count the number of known planets on your fingers. Today, there are more than 800 confirmed exoplanets -- planets that orbit stars beyond our sun -- and more than 2,700 other candidates.
]]> Beyond Our Solar System 9 May 2013 - NASA Wins Prestigious Aerospace Industry Awards
Two prominent aerospace industry organizations are giving coveted awards for NASA's achievements, especially the team that landed the Curiosity rover on Mars in August.
]]> Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity|Mars 8 May 2013 - Sally Ride: Tribute Event at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington
Sally Ride: A Lifetime of Accomplishment, A Champion of Science Literacy -- an educational tribute to America's first woman in space.
]]> Human Spaceflight|Our Solar System 8 May 2013 - Mars As Art at Dulles Airport
Washington Dulles International Airport is featuring "Mars As Art" in the Gateway Gallery in the connecting walkway between the AeroTrain C-Gates and the C Concourse until November 30.
]]> Mars Exploration Rovers: Spirit/Opportunity|Mars Express|Mars Global Surveyor|Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter|Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity|Mars 8 May 2013 - Mars and Jets on Display at Washington's Airports: Stunning Photographs Showcase Aircraft in Flight and Extraterrestrial Geography
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Arts Program is introducing two new exhibits at Dulles International and Reagan National airports beginning this month.
]]> Mars 8 May 2013 - After Chelyabinsk: European Experts Assess Asteroid Options
In February, a speeding asteroid slammed into our atmosphere and exploded high over Russia's Ural region, injuring hundreds and causing millions of euros of damage. What should we do if we have a similar -- or even bigger -- strike in the future?
]]> Asteroids 2 May 2013 - Landslides and Lava Flows at Olympus Mons on Mars
Giant landslides, lava flows and tectonic forces are behind this dynamic scene captured recently by ESA's Mars Express of a region scarred by the Solar System's largest volcano, Olympus Mons.
]]> Mars Express|Mars 2 May 2013 - 'Tis the Season -- for Plasma Changes at Saturn
NASA's Cassini mission helps reveal seasonal changes in the bubble of charged particles around Saturn, providing a clue to some long-standing mysteries.
]]> Cassini|Saturn 1 May 2013 - Mars Rover Social Media, NASA/JPL Website Win Webby Awards
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover social media campaign and the agency's Solar System Exploration website win Webby Awards, the leading honor for the best of the Internet.
]]> Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity|Our Solar System|Mars 1 May 2013 - NASA Invites Public to Send Names And Messages to Mars
NASA is inviting members of the public to submit their names and a personal message online for a DVD to be carried aboard a spacecraft that will study the Martian upper atmosphere.
]]> MAVEN|Mars 1 May 2013 - NASA Spacecraft Will Visit Asteroid with New Name
An asteroid that will be explored by a NASA spacecraft has a new name, thanks to a third-grade student in North Carolina.
]]> OSIRIS-REx|Asteroids 1 May 2013 - Opportunity Exits Standby, Back at Work
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has exited a standby mode and is now executing a sequence of commands sent by the rover team.
]]> Mars Exploration Rovers: Spirit/Opportunity|Mars 30 Apr 2013 - Dawn Journal
Nearly three times as far from Earth as the sun is, the Dawn spacecraft is making very good progress on its ambitious trek from Vesta to Ceres.
]]> Dawn|Asteroids 29 Apr 2013 - NASA Probe Gets Close-Up Views Of Large Hurricane on Saturn
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has provided scientists the first close-up, visible-light views of a behemoth hurricane swirling around Saturn's north pole.
]]> Cassini|Saturn 25 Apr 2013 - NASA Probe Observes Meteors Colliding With Saturn's Rings
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has provided the first direct evidence of small meteoroids breaking into streams of rubble and crashing into Saturn's rings.
]]> Cassini|Meteors & Meteorites|Saturn 25 Apr 2013 - Curiosity Wins National Air and Space Museum Trophy
The team in charge of landing NASA's Mars rover Curiosity, managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, received the museum's highest group honor.
]]> Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity|Mars 24 Apr 2013 - NASA Invites the Public to Fly Along with Voyager
NASA's twin Voyager spacecraft are on the verge of plunging into interstellar space -- the space between stars -- and two new Web tools let the public fly along.
]]> Voyager 1|Voyager 2|Our Solar System|Beyond Our Solar System 23 Apr 2013 - Hershel Links Jupiter's Water to Comet Impact
ESA's Herschel space observatory has solved a long-standing mystery as to the origin of water in the upper atmosphere of Jupiter, finding conclusive evidence that it was delivered by the dramatic impact of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 in July 1994.
]]> Jupiter|Comets 18 Apr 2013 - Kepler Discovers its Smallest Habitable Zone Planets
NASA's Kepler mission has discovered two new planetary systems that include three super-Earth-size planets in the "habitable zone."
]]> Beyond Our Solar System