Preflight Interview: Steve Robinson, Mission Specialist - STS - 114
Preflight Interview: Steve Robinson - STS - 114. STS-114 Crew Interview with Steve Robinson, mission specialist. Opportunity And Spirit Reach Out
Each of NASA's two Mars Exploration Rovers is using its versatile robotic arm for positioning tools at selected targets on the red planet. Opportunity And Spirit Reach Out - Using Versatile Robotic Arms For Positioning Tools - Mars Pictures. Opportunity Sees Tiny Spheres In Martian Soil
NASA's Opportunity has examined its first patch of soil in the small crater where the rover landed on Mars and found strikingly spherical pebbles among the mix of particles there. Opportunity Sees Tiny Spheres In Martian Soil - Opportunity Has Found Strikingly Spherical Pebbles - Mars Pictures. NASA Dedicates Mars Landmarks To Columbia Crew
NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe today announced the martian hills, located east of the Spirit Mars Exploration Rover's landing site, would be dedicated to the Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 crew. NASA Dedicates Mars Landmarks To Columbia Crew. Did Galileo Invent the Telescope?
Did Galileo Invent the Telescope? ? Frequently Asked Questions About Space - Basics Series; What You Need To Know About Space. Discover the answers to some frequently asked questions about space. Pete Conrad Astronomy Awards Act
In Congress, Mr. ROHRABACHER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science: To authorize the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to establish an awards program in honor of Charles `Pete' Conrad, astronaut and space scientist, for recognizing the discoveries made by amateur astronomers of asteroids with near-Earth orbit trajectories. Pete Conrad Astronomy Awards Act - HR 912 IH Introduced in House. Return To Flight Crew Reflects On Columbia's Loss
Return To Flight Crew Reflects On Columbia's Loss. The astronauts who will fly the next Space Shuttle mission remember the Columbia crew in a new series of interviews on NASA Television Tuesday. Crewmembers also relate their motivation for the Return to Flight mission
(STS-114). 2003 - The Year in Astronomy and Space
2003 - Year in Review. The year 2003 dawned brightly with hope and promise on January 1. Here at About Astronomy and Space, we provided you with great information and news. It’s been a roller coaster year here at About Astronomy/Space, and this was just a sampling of what went on. What will 2004 bring? I don’t know, but come on along for the ride. 2003 - The Year in Astronomy and Space - What You Need to Know About. Sir Isaac Newton
Biography of Sir Isaac Newton, the man who developed the laws of universal gravitation. Why Does The Moon Shine?
Why Does The Moon Shine? Frequently Asked Questions About Space - Basics Series; What You Need To Know About Space. Discover the answers to some frequently asked questions about space. Astronomy 101 - Learning About Stars
Astronomy 101 - Learning About Stars - Lesson 5: The Universe Has Gas - So, Where Do Stars Come From and Where Will They Go? Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler - Defender of Copernicus - Planetary Lawmaker - Science Fiction Writer. Read about the life and work of Tycho Brahe's successor, Johannes Kepler, who built on previous data to create a legacy of his own, his Three Laws of Planetary Motion. Perseid Meteor Shower
Perseid Meteor Shower - A Spectacular Astronomy Fireworks Show Chandra Locates Mother Lode of Planetary Ore in Colliding Galaxies
This montage of NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory images shows a pair of interacting galaxies known as The Antennae. Rich deposits of neon, magnesium, and silicon were discovered in the interstellar gas of this system. Chandra Locates Mother Lode of Planetary Ore in Colliding Galaxies. Mars Express Enters Orbit Around the Red Planet
This morning, after a journey lasting 205 days and covering 400 million km, the European Mars Express space probe fired its main engine at 03:47 CET for a 37-minute burn in order to enter an orbit around the Mars. Mars Express Enters Orbit Around the Red Planet - Contact Awaited With Beagle 2 On The Surface. Asteroids Dedicated To Space Shuttle Columbia Crew
Asteroids Dedicated To Space Shuttle Columbia Crew. The final crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia was
memorialized in the cosmos as seven asteroids orbiting the
sun between Mars and Jupiter were named in their honor on August 6, 2003. Black Holes - Resources Dealing With Black Holes, Singularities, & Event Horizon
Black Holes - Resources Dealing With Black Holes, Singularities, and Event Horizons. Black Holes - The Inescapable Truth. Imagine an object that is so dense, it's gravity so strong, that escape velocity is more than the speed of light. Edmund Halley (Grades 5 - 8)
(Grades 5 - 8) Edmund Halley was born October 29, 1656 in Haggerston, Shoreditch, England. This is near London. His father, also Edmund, was a wealthy soap-maker in London, who also owned many of properties in London, from which he collected a tidy sum for rent. Edmund Halley - Astronomer - Comet Man. Could The New Planet Discovered Cause Problems? Killer Planet?
Could The New Planet Discovered Cause Problems? Frequently Asked Questions About Space - Basics Series; What You Need To Know About Space. Discover the answers to some frequently asked questions about space. Columbia’s Recorder Provides Useful Data
Columbia’s Recorder Provides Useful Data - Orbiter Experiment Support System (OEX) Columbia’s Recorder Provides Useful Data
Columbia’s Recorder Provides Useful Data - Orbiter Experiment Support System (OEX) Columbia Memorial At Arlington National Cemetary
Columbia Memorial At Arlington National Cemetary. The fallen heroes of the Space Shuttle Columbia are taking their place in the hallowed ground of Arlington National Cemetery. Opportunity Rolls Onto Martian Ground
Opportunity Rolls Onto Martian Ground. NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity drove down a reinforced fabric ramp at the front of its lander platform and onto the soil of Mars' Meridiani Planum this morning. Space Shuttle Columbia Tragedy
The Loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia during mission STS-107. News and information concerning the investigation by the Space Shuttle Columbia Accident Investigation Board - CAIB. Space Shuttle Columbia Tragedy and Investigation. Very Long Baseline Array Reveals Formation Region of Giant Cosmic Jet Near a Bla
Very Long Baseline Array Reveals Formation Region of Giant Cosmic Jet Near a Black Hole. Space Telescope Science Institute astronomers and their co-investigators have gained their first glimpse of the mysterious region near a black hole at the heart of a distant galaxy, where a powerful stream of subatomic particles spewing outward at nearly the speed of light is formed into a beam, or jet, that then goes nearly straight for thousands of light-years. | 