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Ulysses space mission to end

Jun 26, 2009 | 4.9 / 5 (14) | 2

After 18.6 years in space and defying several earlier expectations of its demise, the joint ESA/NASA solar orbiter Ulysses will achieve 'end of mission' on 30 June 2009. The final communication pass with a ...

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NASA: Floating 'junk' no threat to space station

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 28, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 0

(AP) -- NASA says a piece of old space junk that it's been tracking for a few days is no threat to the International Space Station.

WISE Snug in Its Nose Cone; Launch Set for Dec. 9

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 01, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer has been wrapped in the outer nose cone, or "fairing," that will protect it during its scheduled Dec. 9 launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.

NASA Mission Gets Closer to Solving Magnetic Reconnection Mystery (w/ Videos)

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jul 21, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA is designing a mission to investigate one of the most fundamental and explosive physical processes in the universe - magnetic reconnection. Known as the Magnetospheric MultiScale (MMS) ...

Historic 'moon issue' of Science freely available

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jul 20, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

The historic 30 January 1970 edition of the journal Science, featuring analysis of the first geological samples from the Moon, is now freely available to the public to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the first lunar ...

Planck Sees Light Billions of Years Old

Space & Earth / Astronomy

Aug 14, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (8) | 2

The Planck space telescope has begun to collect light left over from the Big Bang explosion that created our universe.

NASA's LCROSS Mission Changes Impact Crater

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 29, 2009 | 5 / 5 (4) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite mission (LCROSS) based on new analysis of available lunar data, has shifted the target crater from Cabeus A to Cabeus (proper).

Shuttle astronauts prepare for Texas homecoming (AP)

Space Shuttle Discovery Returns to Earth After Successful Mission

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 11, 2009 | 3.7 / 5 (3) | 1

Space shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven astronauts ended a 14-day journey of more than 5.7 million miles with an 5:53 p.m. PDT landing Friday at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

NASA Assessing New Roles for Ailing QuikScat Satellite

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 24, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA mission managers are assessing options for future operations of the venerable QuikScat satellite following the age-related failure of a mechanism that spins the scatterometer antenna. ...

New Set of High-Resolution Mars Images Online

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 08, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

Thousands of image products from 233 recent telescopic observations by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show a diversity of surface shapes and textures on Mars.