>NASA set to launch satellite to observe sun
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — NASA is getting ready to launch a satellite to observe a little-studied region...
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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) -- NASA is getting ready to launch a satellite to observe a little-studied region of the...
View ArticleCOROT Mission Ends
After several months of trying to reboot, mission planners for the exoplanet hunter have declared the satellite's failure official. The European COROT satellite has discovered 32 exoplanets since its...
View ArticleUPDATE: Ames Hosts Media for Rescheduled IRIS Launch (NASA - The National...
(Source: NASA - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) NASA Ames Hosts Media for Rescheduled Launch of Solar Mission 06.25.13 MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. - The launch of NASA's Interface Region...
View ArticleNASA's Voyager 1 Explores Final Frontier of Our 'Solar Bubble' (NASA - The...
(Source: NASA - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) This artist's concept shows NASA's two Voyager spacecraft exploring a turbulent region of space known as the heliosheath, the outer...
View ArticleMap Of Saturn's Moon Titan Gives Unparalleled Look At Topography Of Planet's...
Scientists have pieced together the first-ever global topographic map of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, using radar observations from veteran NASA spacecraft. The new map of Titan was stitched together...
View ArticleNASA's Voyager 1 Explores Final Frontier Of Our 'Solar Bubble'
Download image WASHINGTON, June 27, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Data from Voyager 1, now more than 11 billion miles from the sun, suggest the spacecraft is closer to becoming the first human-made...
View ArticleGoing, Going, Still Going? Voyager 1 at Solar System’s Edge
At the edge of the solar system, there are no signs that proclaim, “You are now entering interstellar space.” Related Where’s Voyager 1? That Depends. (March 21, 2013) Connect With Us on Social Media...
View ArticleNASA's Voyager 1 Probe Enters New Realm Near Interstellar Space
This artist's concept shows plasma flows around NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft as it gets close to entering interstellar space. Image released Dec. 3, 2012. CREDIT: NASA/JPL-Caltech/The Johns Hopkins...
View ArticleNASA: Voyager 1 spacecraft enters unfamiliar space but has not yet exited the...
LOS ANGELES — New research pinpoints the current location of NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft: It’s still in our solar system. Since last summer, the long-running spacecraft has been exploring uncharted...
View ArticleNASA poised to launch satellite on mission to observe little-understood...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — NASA is getting ready to launch a satellite to observe a little-studied region of the sun between its surface and atmosphere. The Iris satellite is set to ride into...
View ArticleNASA's newest satellite IRIS to answer burning solar question
IRIS, as NASA's newest scientific satellite is known, will launch into space Thursday at 7:27 p.m. Pacific, and you can watch it leave the planet live, right here on latimes.com. (We'll put a link to...
View ArticleShields up! Scientists work to produce 'Star Trek' deflector device
June 27, 2013 -- Updated 1556 GMT (2356 HKT) The deflector shield is aimed at protecting spaceship occupants from harmful radiation given off by the Sun. London (CNN) -- You've answered the call for...
View ArticleNASA to launch new Sun-watching IRIS satellite tomorrow
Speaking on the mission, Joe Davila, IRIS project scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, said that “IRIS will extend our observations of the sun to a region that has historically been...
View ArticleVoyager 1 enters 'new realm' at edge of solar system
By Mike WallPublished June 27, 2013Space.com This artist's concept shows plasma flows around NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft as it gets close to entering interstellar space. Image released Dec. 3,...
View ArticleNASA to launch new Sun-watching satellite later today
Speaking on the mission, Joe Davila, IRIS project scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, said that “IRIS will extend our observations of the sun to a region that has historically been...
View ArticleLaunch of NASA'S New Solar Mission Rescheduled to June 27 (NASA - The...
(Source: NASA - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918...
View Article>NASA set to launch sun-observation satellite
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — NASA on Thursday was poised to launch a satellite to observe a little-understood region just above the surface of the sun. Unlike a traditional liftoff, the...
View ArticleNASA set to launch sun-observation satellite
NASA on Thursday was poised to launch a satellite to observe a little-understood region just above the surface of the sun. Unlike a traditional liftoff, the Iris satellite was to cruise into Earth...
View ArticleLaunch Of NASA's New Solar Mission Rescheduled To June 27
Download image NASA Logo. (PRNewsFoto/NASA) WASHINGTON, June 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The launch of NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) mission is being delayed one day to...
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