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A Next-Generation X-Ray Telescope Launches
11.01.12 - On November 2, a NASA mission called FOXSI was launched from White Sands, New Mexico to study nanoflares on the sun.
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SAMPEX: A Space Weather Warrior
11.01.12 - NASA's first small explorer, SAMPEX, has studied the zoo of particles and cosmic rays surrounding Earth since 1992. In early Nov., 2012, the spacecraft's orbit will decay enough that SAMPEX will re-enter Earth's atmosphere.
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Mars Longevity Champ Switching Computers
11.01.12 - NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter, already the longest-working Mars spacecraft, will switch to redundant equipment next week that has not been used since before launch in 2001.
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NASA Hosts Nov. 2 Teleconference About Mars Rover Progress
10.31.12 - NASA will host a media teleconference at 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT) on Friday, Nov. 2, to provide an update on Curiosity's studies of the Martian atmosphere.
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Cassini Halloween Treat: Titan Glows in the Dark
10.31.12 - NASA's Cassini spacecraft sees dim, unexplained light diffusing up through the atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon.
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Dawn Sees "Young" Surface on Giant Asteroid
10.31.12 - Like a Hollywood starlet constantly retouching her makeup, the giant asteroid Vesta is constantly stirring its outermost layer to present a young face.
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Curiosity Analyzes First Taste of Martian Soil
10.30.12 - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has completed initial experiments showing the mineralogy of Martian soil is similar to weathered basaltic soils of volcanic origin in Hawaii.
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NASA Scientists Develop New Theory on Moon Formation
10.30.12 - New research, funded by the NASA Lunar Science Institute, theorizes that our early Earth and moon were both created together in a giant collision.
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Continuing Work With Scoops at 'Rocknest'
10.29.12 - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has ingested its first solid sample into an analytical instrument inside the rover, a capability at the core of the two-year mission.
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NASA Oct. 30 Telecon About Mars Curiosity Progress
10.26.12 - NASA will host a media teleconference at 11:30 a.m. PDT (2:30 p.m. EDT) on Tuesday, Oct. 30, to provide an update about the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater.