Space Missions and SciTech

A recap of Comet Lovejoy

Jason Davis • December 22, 2011 •

A timeline of one of the most memorable solar events in recent memory: the observations by six Sun-observing spacecraft of Comet Lovejoy making its perihelion passage.

Space Shuttle Endeavour docked to Harmony module on the ISS

Expedition 30, SpaceX and Stratolaunch

Jason Davis • December 16, 2011

An update on upcoming missions to the International Space Station (ISS).

Sungrazing with Lovejoy's Comet

Jason Davis • December 06, 2011

Observations of the newly sighted Kreutz sungrazer comet C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy) from the ground and from SOHO (a joint NASA/ESA satellite) and STEREO (NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory).

Curiosity, from a 1935 perspective

Jason Davis • December 03, 2011

With a new rover, Curiosity, on its way to Mars, Jason Davis takes a look at what we knew - or thought we knew - about the planet back in 1935.

Space Launch System photo mobile launcher visits pad 39B

SLS updates: tower crawl, engine burn and flight test

Jason Davis • November 21, 2011 •

A few updates on the Space Launch System, NASA's next-generation deep exploration vehicle.

SpaceX's Falcon 9 Dragon launch abort system

Checking in with NASA's Commercial Partners

Jason Davis • November 11, 2011

Checking in with SpaceX's launch abort system progress, Boeing's CST-100 drop tests, and a recent Space, Science and Technology Committee meeting on Capitol Hill.

Shenzhou 8 approaches Tiangong 1 for docking

Have two spacecraft ever docked to two separate space stations on the same day?

Jason Davis • November 02, 2011

The Chinese spacecraft Shenzhou 8 docks with space station Tiangong 1, on the same day a Progress resupply capsule arrives at the International Space Station.