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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander Puts Soil in Chemistry Lab, Team Discusses Next Steps

NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander Puts Soil in Chemistry Lab, Team Discusses Next Steps

   NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander placed a sample of Martian soil in the spacecraft's wet chemistry laboratory today for the first time.

Posted : Mon, Jun 30, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA's Phoenix Spacecraft Lands at Martian Arctic Site

NASA's Phoenix Spacecraft Lands at Martian Arctic Site

   NASA's Phoenix spacecraft landed in the northern polar region of Mars Sunday to begin three months of examining a site chosen for its likelihood of having frozen water within reach of the lander's robotic arm.

Posted : Mon, May 26, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Satellite Detects Record Gamma Ray Burst Explosion Halfway Across Universe

NASA Satellite Detects Record Gamma Ray Burst Explosion Halfway Across Universe

   A powerful stellar explosion detected March 19 by NASA's Swift satellite has shattered the record for the most distant object that could be seen with the naked eye.

Posted : Fri, Mar 21, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Calls for Suggestions to Re-Name Future Telescope Mission

NASA Calls for Suggestions to Re-Name Future Telescope Mission

   NASA announced Thursday that members of the general public from around the world will have a chance to suggest a new name for the cutting edge Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, otherwise known as GLAST, observatory before it launches in mid-2008.

Posted : Thu, Feb 07, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

Astronauts build Astrium platform outside the ISS

Astronauts build Astrium platform outside the ISS

   Using robotic arms, US space shuttle astronauts have mounted a special platform onto the outside of the International Space Station (ISS).

Posted : Fri, Aug 24, 2007

Category : Science / Space News
 
 
 
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