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July 2, 2009 NASA Phoenix Results Point to Martian Climate CyclesFavorable chemistry and episodes with thin films of liquid water during ongoing, long-term climate cycles may sometimes make the area where NASA's Phoenix Mars mission landed last year a favorable environment for microbes. |
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July 1, 2009 Earthquakes, From Above and Below: Live ChatEarthquakes: they're among the most frightening and deadly of all natural disasters. |
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July 1, 2009 Free Spirit: Rock Under the BellyEngineers placed a rock underneath the test rover at JPL on July 1, 2009, to more closely simulate Spirit's predicament on Mars. |
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June 30, 2009 Ulysses Spacecraft Ends Historic Mission of DiscoveryUlysses, a joint NASA and European Space Agency mission, officially ceased operations today, after receiving commands from ground controllers to do so. |
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June 30, 2009 Five Years Ago, Cassini Began Orbiting SaturnNASA's Cassini mission has been orbiting Saturn for five Earth years as of June 30, 2009. |
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June 30, 2009 Free Spirit: Test Rover Rolls InAfter several days of preparing a sloped area of soft, fine soil to simulate Spirit's current sandtrap on Mars, the rover team drove a test rover into the material. |
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June 29, 2009 NASA, Japan Release Most Complete Topographic Map of EarthNASA and Japan released a new digital topographic map of Earth Monday that covers more of our planet than ever before. The map was produced with detailed measurements from NASA's Terra spacecraft. |
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June 29, 2009 NASA Wraps Up Icelandic Part of Arctic Ice Radar MissionNASA's new airborne radars have capped off their Arctic expedition by measuring Iceland's topography and studying the flow of its glaciers and ice streams. |
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June 26, 2009 Herschel Opens Its Infrared EyesThe Herschel Space Observatory has snapped its first picture since blasting into space on May 14, 2009. |
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June 26, 2009 Ulysses Hears the Siren's SongUlysses, a joint NASA and European Space Agency mission, will officially end its operations Monday, June 29. |
All 2009 releases
