Saturn in its glory
Woo-hoo, Cassini! While cruising around Saturn in early October, Cassini captured a series of images that have been composed into…
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Putting Down NASA
Professor Hall, who teaches at Virginia Tech, recounts a visit by Commander Brian Binnie, one of Scaled Composites' SpaceShipOne pilots….
Huygens, have you been a good little probe this year?
From the Space News Blog comes a story on Huygens' final journey to Titan: One year after Mars Express' arrival…
The beauty of Saturn's rings
Vis Susan Kitchens at 2020hindsight.org comes a pointer to Nature's Canvas: In a splendid portrait created by light and gravity,…
Woo-hoo! Three Hundred Sols And Counting
Space Daily Spirit remains in excellent health and has survived more than 300 martian days on the red planet. With…
Jupiter's Rare Triple Eclipse
I just came across this and I think it's rather cool: Jupiter's Rare Triple Eclipse :: Astrobiology Magazine :: Search…
SpaceShipOne Pilot: 80% of the way to astronaut status
Scaled Composite's entry in the Ansari X Prize competition seems to be leaving the others far, far behind. Their third…
A Life and Death Drama on the Red Planet
Mars Rovers in Autumn: A Life and Death Drama on the Red Planet Although the NASA robots are mechanized twins…
Stunt pilots for Genesis?
The Salt Lake Tribune — Stunt pilots prepare to catch space probe DUGWAY PROVING GROUND — Hollywood stunt pilots spent…
Your Planetary Protection Officer
Slate has a neat article about NASA's Planetary Protection Officer and what he does. We grouse a lot about the…