http://www.nasa.gov/rss/nasa_solarfeatures.rssThe most recent 15 feature stories published on the NASA web site that deal with Our Solar System.en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rsscenger@nasa.govbrian.dunbar@nasa.gov Huge Crowd Turns Out for SOFIA's First Visit to Ames Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST NASA restores historic Lunar Orbiter 1 image of Earth Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/exploration/spacecraft/ares_naming.html http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/exploration/spacecraft/ares_naming.html The crew launch vehicle will be called Ares I, and the cargo launch vehicle will be known as Ares V. Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/ares/ares_naming.html http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/ares/ares_naming.html Rockets' name honors the past, salutes the future. Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/main/index.html http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/main/index.html Kepler is NASA's first mission capable of finding Earth-size and smaller planets. The Kepler mission, scheduled to launch in 2009, will monitor the brightness of stars to find planets that pass in front of them during the planets' orbits. During such passes or 'transits,' the planets will slightly decrease the star's brightness. Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/missions/2007/kepler.html http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/missions/2007/kepler.html Kepler is NASA's first mission capable of finding Earth-size and smaller planets. The Kepler mission, scheduled to launch in 2009, will monitor the brightness of stars to find planets that pass in front of them during the planets' orbits. During such passes or 'transits,' the planets will slightly decrease the star's brightness. Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/missions/2008/SOFIA.html http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/missions/2008/SOFIA.html The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) is a joint venture of the U.S. and German aerospace agencies, NASA and the DLR. The aircraft is supplied by the U.S., and the telescope by Germany. Modifications of the Boeing 747SP airframe to accommodate the telescope, mission-unique equipment and large external door were made by L-3 Communications Integrated Systems of Waco, Texas. Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST Scientists Selected for New Airborne Eye on the Universe Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT Ames hosts Round Table with four former Ames center directors Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/missions/2007/lcross.html http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/missions/2007/lcross.html The Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) mission to look for water on the moon will be a 'secondary payload spacecraft.' LCROSS will begin its trip to the moon on the same rocket as the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), which will conduct a different lunar task. Launch is scheduled for 2009 on an Atlas V rocket from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT Department of Homeland Security Secretary Visits Ames Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/missions/2007/exomars.html http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/missions/2007/exomars.html NASA-funded researchers are refining a tool that could not only check for the faintest traces of life's molecular building blocks on Mars, but could also determine whether they have been produced by anything alive. Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/missions/2007/phoenix.html http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/missions/2007/phoenix.html In the continuing pursuit of water on Mars, the poles are a good place to probe, as water ice is found there. This mission will send the Phoenix high-latitude lander to Mars, deploy its robotic arm and dig trenches up to 1.6 feet (one half meter) into the layers of water ice. Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/missions/2007/phoenix.html http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/missions/2007/phoenix.html In the continuing pursuit of water on Mars, the poles are a good place to probe, as water ice is found there. This mission will send the Phoenix high-latitude lander to Mars, deploy its robotic arm and dig trenches up to 1.6 feet (one half meter) into the layers of water ice. Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/missions/archive/stardust.html http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/missions/archive/stardust.html NASA's Stardust spacecraft delivered the first pristine, solid samples from outside the Earth-moon system when a capsule containing the comet materials parachuted into Utah in January 2006. Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT