By Jove! NASA Probe Arrives at Jupiter After 5-Year Trek
PASADENA, California — For the second time ever, a spacecraft has slipped into orbit around huge and mysterious Jupiter. NASA’s robotic Juno probe began circling the solar system’s largest planet tonight (July 4), ending a nearly five-year journey through deep space and becoming the first spacecraft to enter Jupiter orbit since NASA’s Galileo mission did […]
Juno Closes in on Jupiter
This is the final view taken by the JunoCam instrument on NASA’s Juno spacecraft before Juno’s instruments were powered down in preparation for orbit insertion on July 4. To source
Red Planet Impact: Huge Moons May Have Crashed Into Mars
Mars’ two moon,s Phobos (shown here) and Deimos, may have formed from a ring of debris around the Red Planet. Larger moons formed in the same debris ring may have crashed into Mars. Credit: NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter The moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos , may be the only survivors of a giant impact […]
Lego Minifigures on NASA's Juno Jupiter Probe Inspire Design Challenge
Three Lego minifigures are set to arrive at Jupiter aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft on July 4, 2016, launching a design challenge for children back on Earth. Credit: Lego/NASA / Montage by collectSPACE.com For five years, they have voyaged through space, going farther and faster than any Lego minifigures have ever traveled before. On Monday night […]
Fastest-Ever Spacecraft to Arrive at Jupiter Tonight
This artist’s rendering shows NASA’s Juno probe at Jupiter, with its solar arrays and main antenna pointed toward the sun and Earth. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Juno probe will attempt to slip into orbit around Jupiter tonight (July 4), shortly after becoming the fastest object ever made by human hands. As Juno nears Jupiter tonight, the […]
Cosmic Fireworks: Hubble Snaps Stunning Photo of 'Skyrocket' Galaxy
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of the dwarf galaxy Kiso 5639, which from this angle resembles a skyrocket, with a blazing head and a long, star-studded tail. Credit: NASA, ESA, and D. Elmegreen (Vassar College), B. Elmegreen (IBM’s Thomas J. Watson Research Center), J. Sánchez Almeida, C. Munoz-Tunon, and M. Filho (Instituto de […]
Juno Spacecraft's July 4 Jupiter Arrival: What to Expect
This artist’s illustration shows NASA’s Juno spacecraft orbiting Jupiter. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Juno spacecraft is scheduled to enter into orbit around Jupiter Monday night (July 4), ending its nearly five-year trek to the solar system’s biggest planet. The key event Monday is a 35-minute engine burn at 11:18 p.m. EDT (0318 GMT on Tuesday), which […]
Juno Probe Will Run Hellish Radiation Gauntlet at Jupiter Monday
This artist’s illustration shows NASA’s Juno spacecraft above Jupiter’s north pole. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The Juno spacecraft’s long-awaited arrival at Jupiter Monday (July 4) will be a baptism by fire. If all goes according to plan Monday night, Juno will slip into orbit around the giant planet and get its first taste of the solar system’s […]
CAVES: exploring inner space for outer space
Today, an international team of six astronauts from China, Japan, USA, Spain and Russia will descend into the caves of Sardinia, Italy, to explore the depths and train for life in outer space. To source
Juno Probe Now on Autopilot Ahead of July 4 Jupiter Arrival
This artist’s illustration shows NASA’s Juno spacecraft approaching Jupiter. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Juno spacecraft is now flying solo ahead of its highly anticipated July 4 entry into Jupiter orbit. On Thursday afternoon (June 30), Juno’s handlers sent a command to the spacecraft known as “ji4040,” which is designed to transition the probe into autopilot mode, […]
Once upon a time…
Rosetta describes the exciting discoveries she made during her second year at the comet To source
NASA's Dawn Probe Ends Primary Mission, May Visit 3rd Cosmic Object
This false-color image of Ceres from NASA’s Dawn probe highlights the differences in surface materials across the dwarf planet. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has completed its historic primary mission, during which the probe became the first ever to visit a dwarf planet and the first to orbit two different bodies beyond the Earth-moon system. […]