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NASA Selects Science Teams for Astrobiology Institute

NASA Selects Science Teams for Astrobiology Institute

   NASA has awarded five-year grants, averaging $7 million each, to 10 research teams from across the country to study the origins, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe.

Posted : Fri, Oct 03, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Mars Lander Digs Deeper as Third Month Nears End

NASA Mars Lander Digs Deeper as Third Month Nears End

   The next sample of Martian soil being grabbed for analysis is coming from a trench about three times deeper than any other trench NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander has dug.

Posted : Wed, Aug 27, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

Astronaut Barbara Morgan to Leave NASA

Astronaut Barbara Morgan to Leave NASA

   Veteran space shuttle astronaut Barbara R. Morgan will leave NASA in August to become an educator at Idaho's Boise State University.

Posted : Sun, Jun 29, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Scientists Pioneer Method for Making Giant Lunar Telescopes

NASA Scientists Pioneer Method for Making Giant Lunar Telescopes

   Scientists working at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., have concocted an innovative recipe for giant telescope mirrors on the Moon.

Posted : Wed, Jun 04, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Lunar Art Contest Winners Announced

NASA Lunar Art Contest Winners Announced

   A fanciful vision of a lunar traffic jam won the first annual NASA Lunar Art Contest sponsored by NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va.

Posted : Fri, May 30, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA's Phoenix Spacecraft Reports Good Health After Mars Landing

NASA's Phoenix Spacecraft Reports Good Health After Mars Landing

   A NASA spacecraft today sent pictures showing itself in good condition after making the first successful landing in a polar region of Mars.

Posted : Mon, May 26, 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

Boeing and TEAM TSAT Confirm Readiness of Advanced Satellite Electronics

Boeing and TEAM TSAT Confirm Readiness of Advanced Satellite Electronics

   The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and its TEAM TSAT industry partners have successfully demonstrated the readiness of the advanced electronics that will be used in the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT).

Posted : Tue, Apr 08, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Mission Finds New Clues to Guide the Search for Life on Mars

NASA Mission Finds New Clues to Guide the Search for Life on Mars

   NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter has found evidence of salt deposits.

Posted : Thu, Mar 20, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Sponsors Studies of Next Generation Astronomy Missions

NASA Sponsors Studies of Next Generation Astronomy Missions

   NASA has selected 19 science teams to conduct yearlong studies of new concepts for its next generation of major observatories.

Posted : Sun, Feb 17, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Assigns Crews for STS-127 and Expedition 19 Missions

NASA Assigns Crews for STS-127 and Expedition 19 Missions

   NASA has assigned crews for the STS-127 space shuttle mission and the Expedition 19 International Space Station mission.

Posted : Tue, Feb 12, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

Planet covered in hot water just found

Planet covered in hot water just found

   A team of European astronomers led by Michael Gillon, a researcher from Liege University, has measured the transit of a Neptune-sized planet around another star. For the first time, the size and density of such a small extra-solar planet has been measured, showing that this planet is made up mainly of water.

Posted : Thu, May 17, 2007

Category : Science / Space News
 
 
 
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