Monday, August 25, 2008

Space Shuttle Atlantis Beats Weather for Move

I am reading this articel, Space Shuttle Atlantis Beats Weather for Move
By Todd Halvorson, on Space,com

Russian Rocket: All Fueled Up, But No Place to Fly

I am reading this article, Russian Rocket: All Fueled Up, But No Place to Fly
By Jim Oberg, on Space.com

Suborbital Rocket Carrying NASA Experiments Crashes off Wallops Island

I am reading this article, Suborbital Rocket Carrying NASA Experiments Crashes off Wallops Island By Brian Berger, on Space.com

Spitzer Space Telescope

I heard this story, Spitzer Space Telescope, on NPR this morning during the StareDate broadcast.
The infrared telescope has its fifth anniversary in space today.

Saturday, August 23, 2008

First Star

In a computer experiment, Japanese and U. S. cosmologists have for the first time reliably replicated the recipe for the first star, according to an article in Friday's Wall Street Journal. They were eight years perfecting the experiment.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Saturn's moon Titan

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has detected liquid ethane in a lake near the south pole of Saturn's giant moon Titan. This is the first time that the chemical composition of one of its liquid lakes has been determined. The ethane is likely mixed with methane, other small hydrocarbons, and nitrogen.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Tropical Storm Delays Space Shuttle's Move

I am reading this article, Tropical Storm Delays Space Shuttle's Move
By Tariq Malik, on Space.com.