Space
NASA MESSENGER Sets Record for Accuracy of Planetary Flyby
PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Wednesday, October 8, 2008 Source: Johns Hopkins University NASA MESSENGER Sets Record for Accuracy of Planetary Flyby By using solar sailing - rotating the spacecraft and tilting its solar panels to use the very small pressure from sunlight to alter the spacecraft's... Read more…
NASA MESSENGER Image: Mercury as Never Seen Before
STATUS REPORT Date Released: Monday, October 6, 2008 Source: Johns Hopkins University NASA MESSENGER Image: Mercury as Never Seen Before Image Date Acquired: October 6, 2008 Image Mission Elapsed Time (MET): 131775256 Instrument: Wide Angle Camera (WAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)... Read more…
MESSENGER Flyby of Mercury
PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Monday, October 6, 2008 Source: Johns Hopkins University MESSENGER Flyby of Mercury At a little after 4:40 a.m. EDT, MESSENGER skimmed 200 kilometers (124 miles) above the surface of Mercury in the second of three flybys of the planet. Read more…
MESSENGER Instruments Take Aim at Mercury
STATUS REPORT Date Released: Sunday, October 5, 2008 Source: Johns Hopkins University MESSENGER Instruments Take Aim at Mercury Image MESSENGER's engineering and operations teams convened at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md. Read more…
MESSENGER Beams Back First Approach Images of Mercury
STATUS REPORT Date Released: Friday, October 3, 2008 Source: Johns Hopkins University MESSENGER Beams Back First Approach Images of Mercury MESSENGER mission operators at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md. Read more…
CU-Boulder Space Scientists Set For Second Spacecraft Flyby of Mercury
PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Wednesday, October 1, 2008 Source: University of Colorado at Boulder CU-Boulder Space Scientists Set For Second Spacecraft Flyby of Mercury NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft, which is toting an $8. Read more…
MESSENGER Returns to Mercury
PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Wednesday, October 1, 2008 Source: Johns Hopkins University MESSENGER Returns to Mercury On October 6, for the second time in less than a year, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft will swoop just 200 kilometers (125 miles) above the cratered surface of Mercury, snapping... Read more…
Media Invited to Join MESSENGER Team for Mercury Close Approach
Mercury Flyby Preview Briefing
PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 Source: NASA HQ Mercury Flyby Preview Briefing WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Oct. 1, to preview the Oct. Read more…
NASA Returns to the Moon with Instruments on Indian Spacecraft
Two NASA instruments to map the lunar surface will launch on India's maiden moon voyage. The Moon Mineralogy Mapper will assess mineral resources, and the Miniature Synthetic Aperture Radar, or Mini-SAR, will map the polar regions and look for ice deposits. Read more…
