Columbia Data Recorder Recovered
Columbia Data Recorder Recovered - Orbiter Experiment Support System Recorder (OEX) International Space Station Science
Orbiting some 240 miles above the Earth, it's one of the brightest objects in the night sky - the International Space Station. In just over five years in space, the unique orbiting laboratory has grown from a lone, uninhabited module into a permanently staffed, house-sized research facility. International Space Station Science — One of NASA's rising stars. NASA Keeps Watch Over Isabel
NASA Keeps Watch Over Isabel - Captures Spectacular Images. NASA is keeping a close watch on Hurricane Isabel in the Atlantic with winds over 150 miles per hour. Instruments aboard NASA's suite of Earth-observing satellites are monitoring the storm as it nears the East Coast of the United States. Meanwhile, astronauts aboard the International Space Station are capturing unique video of the storm. Saturn Details Become Visible To Cassini Spacecraft
Saturn Details Become Visible To Cassini Spacecraft. One year since last sighting Saturn, and less than eight months before reaching the planet, the cameras on NASA's Cassini spacecraft have caught another glimpse of the ringed planet, growing more detailed with time. NASA Joins International Earth Observation Summit
NASA Joins International Earth Observation Summit. On Thursday, July 31, 2003, senior administration
officials and representatives from more than 30 nations meet
in Washington to establish plans for an integrated
international Earth observation system. Centennial of Flight
About Astronomy & Space Celebrates a Century of Flight and the men and women who have taken us from that first historic flight of Wilbur and Orville Wright at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina to an International Space Station, and into the future. Centennial of Flight - Celebrating The Wright Brothers At Kitty Hawk. Spirit Reaches for Closer Look
This image taken by the front hazard-identification camera on the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, shows the rover's robotic arm, or instrument deployment device. The arm was deployed from its stowed position beneath the "front porch" of the rover body early Friday morning. Spirit Reaches for Closer Look. Spirit Ready To Drive Onto Mars Surface
NASA's Spirit completed a three-stage turn early today, the last
step before a drive planned early Thursday to take the rover off its
lander platform and onto martian soil for the first time. Spirit Ready To Drive Onto Mars Surface. Map of Hills on the Horizon
This overhead view maps the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's approximate location in relation to nearby craters and hills. By combining images from both the camera on Mars Global Surveyor and the descent image motion estimation system camera located on the bottom of the rover's lander, scientists and engineers can tell how far away the hills are from the rover. This information would be more difficult to obtain from the panoramic images. Map of Hills on the Horizon. Hills Over Yonder
The arrows in this 360-degree panoramic view of the martian surface identify hills and craters on the martian horizon that scientists can easily find with orbiters Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Odyssey. The image was taken on Mars by the panoramic camera on the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. Hills Over Yonder. President Bush's New Space Initiative
President Bush announced a new vision for the Nation's space exploration program. He committed the United States to a long-term human and robotic program to explore the solar system, starting with a return to the Moon that will ultimately enable future exploration of Mars and other destinations. President Bush's New Space Initiative - Renewed Spirit of Discovery. Returning To The Moon
In the 1960s, during the heyday of the Apollo Program, NASA had other plans to explore the moon. In 1969, they presented the Integrated Manned Space Flight Program for 1970-1980. Budget cuts killed the plans. The recently proposed new initiative for a return to the moon and an eventual mission to Mars may be the answer to the prayers for lunar scientists. The new plans call for the use of the Orbital Space Plane, which will soon be renamed the Crew Exploration Vehicle. Apollo 11 Mission
Apollo 11 Mission - First Humans on the Moon. The Space Race, and competition to land on the moon was a product of the Cold War. Not only was it an effort to prove technological superiority, but there was also a real fear on both sides that the other might place weapons of mass destruction in space. Stormy Cloud of Star Birth Glows in New Spitzer Image
A dusty stellar nursery shines brightly in a new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, formerly known as the Space Infrared Telescope Facility. Spitzer's heat-sensing "infrared eyes" have pierced the veiled core of the Tarantula Nebula to provide an unprecedented peek at massive newborn stars. Stormy Cloud of Star Birth Glows in New Spitzer Image. Spirit's Surroundings Beckon in Color Panorama
The first 360-degree color view from NASA's Spirit Mars Exploration Rover presents a range of tempting targets from nearby rocks to hills on the horizon. Spirit's Surroundings Beckon in Color Panorama. Martian Landscape in 3-D
This 3-D stereo image taken by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's navigation camera shows the rover's lander and, in the background, the surrounding martian terrain. Martian Landscape in 3-D. Congratulations to NASA
At a press briefing in London on Sunday, January 4, 2004, Professor Colin Pillinger - Open University, Beagle lead scientist, and Dr Mark Sims - University of Leicester, the mission manager, congratulated their colleagues at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on the successful landing of the Spirit rover on Mars. Martian Surface at an Angle
This latest color "postcard from Mars," taken on Sol 5 by the panoramic camera on the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, looks to the north. The apparent slope of the horizon is due to the several-degree tilt of the lander deck. On the left, the circular topographic feature dubbed Sleepy Hollow can be seen along with dark markings that may be surface disturbances caused by the airbag-encased lander as it bounced and rolled to rest. Martian Surface at an Angle. Too Fast, Too Furious
Hubble Image: Trailing 200,000-light-year-long streamers of seething gas, a galaxy that was once like our Milky Way is being shredded as it plunges at 4.5 million miles per hour through the heart of a distant cluster of galaxies. In this unusually violent collision with ambient cluster gas, the galaxy is stripped down to its skeletal spiral arms as it is eviscerated of fresh hydrogen for making new stars. Too Fast, Too Furious: A Galaxy's Fatal Plunge. Spirit Mars Probe
On the evening of January 3, 2004, Spirit is scheduled to land on Mars. Here's a step-by-step guide to what will happen. To watch mission controllers live during entry, descent and landing, please tune into NASA TV at 6:45 p.m. Pacific Standard Time. Step-by-Step Guide to Entry, Descent, and Landing. Spirit Columbia Memorial
NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe announced on January 6, 2004 plans to name the landing site of the Mars Spirit Rover in honor of the astronauts who died in the tragic accident of the Space Shuttle Columbia in February. The area in the vast flatland of the Gusev Crater where Spirit landed this weekend will be called the Columbia Memorial Station. Spirit Columbia Memorial Color Pictures from Spirit are Most Detailed View of Mars Ever Seen - Images
As the spacecraft flies, Mars is millions of miles away. Thanks to the Internet, NASA can bring it into your living room, to a local Internet cafe, or anywhere else with access to the World Wide Web. Color Pictures from Spirit are Most Detailed View of Mars Ever Seen. Check out these images. Martian Horizon
This is a portion of the first color image captured by the panoramic camera on the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. Martian Horizon. Airbag Deflates on Mars
This image, taken by the navigation camera onboard the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, shows the airbags used to protect the rover during landing. One bright, dust-covered bag is slightly puffed up against the lander. Airbag Deflates on Mars. Spirit's Airbags Leave Trail
This image shows marks in the martian soil (upper right) made by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's airbags during their final deflation and retraction. The picture was taken by the panoramic camera on the rover. Spirit's Airbags Leave Trail. | 