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December 27, 2005 The Year in Images: JPL 2005JPL missions and instruments capture unique and beautiful images 365 days a year. The following photo essay and gallery offer a glimpse at just a few of these views. |
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December 27, 2005 Cassini Caps Off Year With Titan FlybyThe Cassini spacecraft wrapped up this year's whirlwind tour of Saturn's many moons with a Titan rendezvous on Dec. 26. |
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December 21, 2005 NASA Prepares for Return of Interstellar CargoNASA's Stardust mission is nearing Earth after a 4.63 billion kilometer (2.88 billion mile) round-trip journey to return cometary and interstellar dust particles back to Earth. |
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December 20, 2005 NASA's Grace Finds Greenland Melting Faster, 'Sees' Sumatra QuakeIn the first direct, comprehensive mass survey of the entire Greenland ice sheet, scientists using data from the NASA/German Aerospace Center Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (Grace) have measured a significant decrease in the mass of the Greenland ice cap. Grace is a satellite mission that measures movement in Earth's mass. |
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December 20, 2005 Partial Ingredients for DNA and Protein Found Around StarNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered some of life's most basic ingredients in the dust swirling around a young star. |
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December 13, 2005 Spitzer Exposes Our Galaxy's Deepest SecretsAstronomers used Spitzer's heat-seeking infrared eyes to gaze at the dust-drenched plane of our galaxy. |
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December 12, 2005 Bump Into Mars TonightLook for Mars in the night sky on December 12, 2005, and wish Opportunity a Happy One Martian Year Anniversary! |
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December 12, 2005 Opportunity Celebrates One Mars YearSeemingly touched with a load of luck from the giddy-up, Opportunity has been galloping since she strutted off of her lander, some 670 sols ago. A mission planned for 90 days has turned into an adventure that's lasted nearly two Earth years! |
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December 6, 2005 Cassini's Photo Album From a Season of Icy MoonsWrapping up a phenomenally successful year of observing Saturn's icy moons, the Cassini mission is releasing a flood of new views of the moons Enceladus, Dione, Rhea, Hyperion and Iapetus. |
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December 6, 2005 NASA's Cassini Images Reveal Spectacular Evidence of an Active MoonJets of fine, icy particles streaming from Saturn's moon Enceladus were captured in recent images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. |
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December 5, 2005 NASA's Mars Rovers Continue to Explore and AmazeNASA's durable twin Mars rovers have successfully explored the surface of the mysterious red planet for a full Martian year (687 Earth days). |
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December 2, 2005 Learn About Spitzer and Its Cosmically Infrared WorldNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is bringing new light - infrared light - to the study of our dark and mysterious universe. |
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December 2, 2005 Mars Express Radar Instrument Reveals Martian Subsurface
A U.S.-Italian radar instrument aboard the European Space Agency's Mars Express has peered deep below the surface. Early results from the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionospheric Sounding reveal buried craters and reservoirs of ice. The top image shows radar data from the subsurface. The lower image shows the location on a topographic map of the area. (Dec. 2) |
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November 30, 2005 America and Europe Partner to Study Titan and MarsResults from the collaborations between NASA and the European Space Agency on two missions were presented today at an European Space Agency briefing from Paris. The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft has pinpointed where a probe landed on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan (image above) and the Mars Express spacecraft has seen through surface layers on Mars. |
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November 29, 2005 NASA Rover Helps Reveal Possible Secrets of Martian LifeLife may have had a tough time getting started in the ancient environment that left its mark in the Martian rock layers examined by NASA's Opportunity rover. |
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November 29, 2005 A Planet With Planets? Spitzer Finds Cosmic OddballPlanets are everywhere these days. They have been spotted around more than 150 stars, and evidence is growing that they also circle "failed," or miniature, stars called brown dwarfs. |
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November 23, 2005 NASA Awards Contract for New Millennium MissionThe next satellite in NASA's New Millennium Program will be designed, developed and built by Orbital Sciences Corporation, Dulles, Va. |
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November 21, 2005 Spirit Marks One Martian Year on the Red PlanetSince Spirit landed on January 3, 2004, Mars has completed one orbit around the sun. This anniversary picture is a synthetic image of the rover on the flank of "Husband Hill" produced using JPL technology. The process combines visualization and image-processing tools with Hollywood-style special effects.
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November 18, 2005 Mars-Bound NASA Craft Tweaks Course, Passes Halfway PointNASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter successfully fired six engines for about 20 seconds today to adjust its flight path in advance of its March 10, 2006, arrival at the red planet. |
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November 17, 2005 Astronomers Assemble Fine Collection of 'Einstein Rings'You can look but you can't touch the new rings discovered by JPLer Dr. Leonidas Moustakas and his colleagues. The team used data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey to locate, among other objects, galaxies whose light has been warped into circles called "Einstein rings." |
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November 16, 2005 A View of Chaotic Star BirthLocated 1,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Perseus, a reflection nebula called NGC 1333 epitomizes the beautiful chaos of stars being born. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope can detect the infrared light from these objects, allowing us to peer inside their dusty cradles. |
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November 14, 2005 Meet the First Woman to Drive on Mars!From working with prototype rovers in an Earth-bound sandbox, to controlling the drives of the Mars Exploration Rovers on the red planet, Dr. Ashley Stroupe gets the best of both worlds. |
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November 12, 2005 Rinaldi Named Information ChiefJames Rinaldi has been appointed Chief Information Officer of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. |
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November 11, 2005 Free Lectures on Exploring PlutoTwo free public programs in Pasadena will offer an overview of the upcoming NASA mission to Pluto. |
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November 11, 2005 Mars Odyssey Snaps Crater ContoursRabe Crater lies among hundreds of thousands of other impact craters in the rough-hewn southern highlands of Mars. This false-color view, taken by NASA's Mars Odyssey, uses color to portray the overnight surface temperatures: Bluer colors indicate cold places, red and yellow tints warm ones. This helps scientists understand the composition of the Martian surface. |
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November 10, 2005 Presidential HonorsVinton Cerf, a distinguished visiting scientist at JPL since 1998, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his work in the 1970s that led to the development of the Internet. Cerf is now working to take internet technology into interplanetary space. |
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November 9, 2005 Spitzer Captures Cosmic Mountains of CreationA new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope reveals billowing mountains of dust ablaze with the fires of stellar youth. |
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November 7, 2005 Spirit's 'Everest' PanoramaIt took Spirit three days to acquire all the images combined into this mosaic, called the "Everest Panorama," looking outward in every direction from the summit of "Husband Hill." During that period, the sky changed in color and brightness due to atmospheric dust variations, as shown in contrasting sections of this mosaic. |
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November 4, 2005 Bring Mars in Focus This MonthThrough November, Mars will look like a blazing, orange-yellow object in the night sky. Mars is usually less obvious. The red planet comes close enough for such exceptional viewing only once or twice every 15 or 17 years. |
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November 2, 2005 Radar Sees More 'Cat Scratches' and Hones in on Huygens Landing SiteThe Cassini spacecraft flew by Saturn's moon Titan on Oct. 28, 2005, capturing new radar views that show the Huygens probe landing site and a series of dunes that extend thousands of kilometers across Titan's surface. These so called "cat scratches," curve around teardrop-shaped bright terrain, giving the impression of a Japanese garden of sand raked around boulders. |
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November 1, 2005 Black Widow Nebula Hiding in the DustNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope's dust-piercing eyes spied a big "Black Widow Nebula" teeming with clusters of massive young stars. The two opposing bubbles are being formed in opposite directions by the powerful outflows from massive groups of forming stars. |
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October 28, 2005 Spooky Space 'Sounds' - Rated S for ScarySpacecraft instruments record data that can be converted into sound files, which help scientists better understand the observations. |
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October 27, 2005 Looking at TitanOn its upcoming flyby of Saturn's moon Titan, the Cassini spacecraft's radar instrument will provide new clues to the nature of the surface seen by the Huygens probe, which landed on Titan in January 2005. |
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October 27, 2005 A Picture is Worth Billions of YearsNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope snapped this false-color image of the Tadpole galaxy, which is the result of a recent galactic interaction. |
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October 26, 2005 Tracking Hurricane Wilma Across the CaribbeanThese images from the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer on NASA's Terra satellite depict Hurricane Wilma's cloud top heights at different stages in the life cycle of the then rapidly intensifying storm. Such data may prove useful for evaluating the ability of numerical weather models to predict the intensity changes of hurricanes. |
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October 25, 2005 Ice Beneath Mars Surface Asks, 'Can You Hear Me Now?'In August 2003 as the twin Mars Exploration Rovers were barreling toward Mars, scientists and engineers sent a radio signal disguised as the rovers' "voice" to the Odyssey orbiter at Mars. The "response" was actually an echo from Mars. |
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October 24, 2005 Wilma's Cold Eye Stares Down on the CaribbeanThe cold cloud tops of powerful Hurricane Wilma are evident in this infrared image acquired by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite. Cooler areas are depicted in purple, with warmer areas in red. |
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October 24, 2005 Looking Back at Spirit's Trail to the SummitBefore moving on to explore more of Mars, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit looked back at the long and winding trail of twin wheel tracks the rover created to get to the top of "Husband Hill." Spirit, seen in the lower right, spent several days in October 2005 at this location. |
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October 21, 2005 Wilma's Winds Whip Mexico's YucatanThe eye of Hurricane Wilma, a menacing Category 4 storm, approaches the northeastern tip of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula in this October 21 image from NASA's QuikScat satellite, depicting relative wind speeds and direction. The storm is projected to make landfall in south Florida on Monday. |
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October 20, 2005 NASA's Spitzer Finds Failed Stars May Succeed in Planet BusinessNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has spotted the very beginnings of what might become planets around the puniest of celestial orbs - brown dwarfs, or "failed stars." |
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October 20, 2005 Stormy Weather on Saturn’s Moon TitanPeculiar clouds at middle latitudes in Titan's southern hemisphere may form in the same way as bands of clouds at Earth's equator, say Cassini scientists at the University of Arizona. |
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October 19, 2005 NASA Expands Rover Science TeamNASA has selected eight new members for the Mars Exploration Rovers' science team. |
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October 17, 2005 Cassini Views Dione, a Frigid Ice WorldSitting in the tranquility of space is the pale moon Dione, looking as if it's posing for a painter. |
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October 14, 2005 'Live' Mars ImagesAn upgraded Web site offers images from Mars as soon as they are received from the camera on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter, plus zoomable feature images. (Oct. 14) |
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October 14, 2005 NASA Satellite Monitors Post-Hurricane Gulf Coast Flood PotentialData from NASA's QuikScat satellite are being used to monitor changes in surface water resulting from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the Mississippi River basin. In these images, the colors represent increases in surface soil moisture resulting from rainfall. |
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October 13, 2005 Lady in Red: Andromeda Galaxy Shines in Spitzer's EyesNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has captured a stunning infrared view of Messier 31, the famous spiral galaxy also known as Andromeda. |
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October 13, 2005 New Forecast of San Francisco Earthquake Risk ReleasedNearly 100 years after the 1906 Great San Francisco earthquake, a new computer simulation by scientists at JPL; the University of California, Davis; and other institutions concludes the region has a 25 percent chance of a magnitude 7 or greater temblor in the next 20 years. |
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October 12, 2005 It Takes Two to TangoThe Cassini spacecraft successfully completed its only flyby of Saturn's moon Dione on Oct. 11. In the process, Cassini captured Dione, on the left, eclipsing Saturn's moon Rhea. |
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October 12, 2005 Mission Sees Landslide From Pakistan EarthquakeLast weekend's Pakistan earthquake caused a massive landslide in the mountains of Kashmir, as captured in this Oct. 11th image from a JPL instrument. |
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October 7, 2005 Sun Explorer Ulysses Spacecraft Turns 15With over four billion miles logged while circling the Sun's poles, the Ulysses spacecraft continues shedding light on the dynamics of the solar atmosphere. |
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September 29, 2005 Cassini's Doubleheader Flybys Score Home RunCassini performed back-to-back flybys of Saturn moons Tethys and Hyperion last weekend, coming closer than ever before to each of them. |
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September 29, 2005 NASA Takes Giant Step Toward Finding Earth-Like PlanetsAre we alone in the universe? Are there planets like Earth around other "suns" that might harbor life? |
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September 29, 2005 Students Tour JPL for La Familia Technology Space DayStudents from local schools visited JPL during this year's La Familia Technology Space Day. |
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September 27, 2005 NASA Finds 'Big Baby' Galaxies in Newborn UniverseNASA's Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes have teamed up to "weigh" the stars in several distant galaxies. |
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September 26, 2005 Close Look at TethysCassini's weekend flyby of Saturn's moon Tethys is providing close-up views of the moon's speckled surface. Raw images are now available. |
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September 23, 2005 Voyager Finds Three Surprises Near Our Solar System's EdgeA trio of surprise discoveries from NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft reveals intriguing new information about our solar system's final frontier. |
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September 23, 2005 Researchers Explore Mystery of Hurricane FormationThis past summer NASA researchers headed off to Costa Rica to learn more about the birth of hurricanes and to test some of the latest weather technology. |
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September 23, 2005 NASA Data Helps Track Heat Potential Fueling RitaThe path of Hurricane Rita is indicated with circles representing storm intensity, spaced every 3 hours. Altimeters like that on NASA's Jason satellite provide critical data to estimate the ocean heat potential of the Gulf waters that increase hurricane intensity. |
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September 22, 2005 Rita Roars Through a Warm Gulf - Updated ImageThis sea surface height map of the Gulf of Mexico, with the Florida peninsula on the right and the Texas-Mexico Gulf Coast on the left, shows the expected path of Hurricane Rita. |
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September 22, 2005 Rita's Rising Waters Threaten the Gulf CoastThe Gulf Coast from the Mississippi Delta through the Texas coast is shown in this satellite image from NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer overlain with data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, and the predicted storm track for Hurricane Rita. |
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September 21, 2005 Rita Roars Through a Warm GulfThis sea surface height map of the Gulf of Mexico, with the Florida peninsula on the right and the Texas-Mexico Gulf Coast on the left, shows the expected path of Hurricane Rita. |
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September 20, 2005 Astrobiologists at WorkAstrobiologists study everything about life in the universe, including how it originated, how it might be distributed in the universe, and what might be its fate. |
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September 20, 2005 Orbiter's Long Life Helps Scientists Track Changes on MarsNew gullies that did not exist in mid-2002 have appeared on a Martian sand dune. |
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September 19, 2005 NASA Volunteers Are at the Head of the ClassInspired by the power of teaching, a handful of volunteers from NASA's Solar System Ambassadors program have left behind their careers in science and technology to make their mark as educators. |
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September 16, 2005 Cassini Radar Images Show Dramatic Shoreline on TitanImages returned during Cassini's recent flyby of Titan show captivating evidence of what appears to be a large shoreline cutting across the smoggy moon's southern hemisphere. |
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September 16, 2005 Ghostly Spokes in Saturn's Rings Spotted by CassiniScientists are celebrating the first Cassini spacecraft sighting of spokes, the ghostly radial markings discovered in Saturn's rings by NASA's Voyager spacecraft 25 years ago. |
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September 15, 2005 NASA Will Reveal Secrets of Clouds and AerosolsTwo NASA satellites, planned for launch no earlier than Oct. 26, will give us a unique view of Earth's atmosphere. CloudSat and Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (Calipso) are undergoing final preparations for launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. |
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September 15, 2005 Rinaldi Named Information ChiefJames Rinaldi has been appointed Chief Information Officer of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. |
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September 15, 2005 Lights! Camera! Action! Science!An astrobiologist's search for signs of life in extreme environments landed her at the bottom of the ocean with Oscar-winning director James Cameron and a role in his film "Aliens of the Deep." |
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September 14, 2005 JPL Team Honored With NASA's Software of the Year AwardSoftware developed by a team of engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., has been selected to receive NASA's Software of the Year Award. |
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September 14, 2005 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission StatusThree cameras on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter worked as expected in a test pointing them at the moon and stars on Sept. 8. |
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September 14, 2005 New Orleans, Before and After KatrinaSeventeen days after Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans, much of the city is still under water. |
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September 12, 2005 Cultivating a Planetary Garden: How Long Does it Take?According to the most popular theory of planet formation, planets are akin to redwood trees, growing in size very gradually. |
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September 7, 2005 NASA's Spitzer and Deep Impact Build Recipe for Comet SoupWhen Deep Impact smashed into comet Tempel 1 on July 4, 2005, it released the ingredients of our solar system's primordial "soup." |
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September 6, 2005 NASA's Deep Impact Adds Color to Unfolding Comet PicturePainting by the numbers is a good description of how scientists create pictures of everything from atoms in our bodies to asteroids and comets in our solar system. |
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September 2, 2005 NASA's Science Resources Help Agencies Respond to KatrinaNASA science instruments and Earth-orbiting satellites are providing detailed insight about the environmental impact caused by Hurricane Katrina. |
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September 1, 2005 NASA's Durable Spirit Sends Intriguing New Images From MarsWorking atop a range of Martian hills, NASA's Spirit rover is rewarding researchers with tempting scenes filled with evidence of past planet environments. |
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August 30, 2005 NASA's Mars Orbiter Makes Successful Course CorrectionNASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter successfully tested its main engines by making a successful trajectory adjustment for reaching the red planet on March 10, 2006. |
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August 30, 2005 Cassini Finds Enceladus Tiger Stripes Are Really CubsThe Cassini spacecraft has discovered the long, cracked features dubbed "tiger stripes" on Saturn's icy moon Enceladus are very young -- between 10 and 1,000 years young. |
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August 30, 2005 JPL Instrument Tracks Katrina's Northward PathFrom early this morning, the remnants of (now Tropical Depression) Katrina were centered on the Mississippi-Tennessee border. |
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August 29, 2005 New Orleans TopographyThe city of New Orleans and a simulated animation come from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. |
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August 25, 2005 Spitzer Turns TwoTwo years ago today, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope blasted into the same dark skies it now better understands. |
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August 24, 2005 NASA/NOAA Announce Major Weather Forecasting AdvancementNASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration today outlined research that has helped to improve the accuracy of medium-range weather forecasts in the Northern Hemisphere. |
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August 22, 2005 The Story Before the Story of Extrasolar PlanetsA JPL scientist and his team are preparing to bring to the study of extrasolar planets what George Lucas brought to "Star Wars": the prequel. |
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August 18, 2005 A Broader Vision of DiscoveryBlind students explore Mars with computer skills and adventurers' hearts. |
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August 17, 2005 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission StatusNASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has completed one of the first tasks of its seven-month cruise to Mars. |
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August 17, 2005 Technology of Tomorrow: Space Exploration Technology Spin-OffsThe next time you pick up a cordless tool or look up at a satellite dish, will you think of NASA? |
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August 12, 2005 NASA's Multipurpose Mars Mission Successfully LaunchedA seven-month flight to Mars began this morning for NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. |
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August 9, 2005 NASA's Next Leap in Mars Exploration Ready for LaunchNASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is ready for a morning launch on Thursday, Aug. 11. |
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August 9, 2005 The Rather Large Spacecraft That CouldJust like that fabled little engine, this tenacious spacecraft just won't give up! |
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August 5, 2005 August Launch to Mars Is Topic for Scientist's Public TalkThe project scientist for NASA's next mission to Mars, Dr. Richard Zurek, will share information and pictures about the upcoming mission during a free public lecture in Florida. |
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August 5, 2005 Cassini Flies by Saturn's Tortured Moon MimasOn its recent close flyby of Mimas, the Cassini spacecraft found the Saturnian moon looking battered and bruised, with a surface that may be the most heavily cratered in the Saturn system. |
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August 3, 2005 NASA's Spitzer Finds Hidden, Hungry Black HolesMost of the biggest black holes in the universe have been eating cosmic meals behind closed doors – until now. |
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August 2, 2005 NASA's Planet Hunt Website En EspanolSpanish-speaking space aficionados can track the latest news in the hunt for planets around other stars, thanks to a new NASA website. |
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July 29, 2005 NASA-Funded Scientists Discover Tenth PlanetA planet larger than Pluto has been discovered in the outlying regions of the solar system. |
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July 29, 2005 Cassini Finds an Active, Watery World at Saturn's EnceladusSaturn's tiny icy moon Enceladus, which ought to be cold and dead, instead displays evidence for active ice volcanism. |
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July 28, 2005 Spitzer Finds Life Components in Young UniverseNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has found the ingredients for life all the way back to a time when the universe was a mere youngster. |
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July 27, 2005 August Launch to Mars Is Topic for Scientist's Public TalkThe project scientist for NASA's next mission to Mars, Dr. Richard Zurek, will share information and pictures about the upcoming mission during a free public lecture in Florida. |
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July 26, 2005 Cassini Finds Recent and Unusual Geology on EnceladusNASA's Cassini spacecraft has obtained new, detailed images of the south polar region of Saturn's moon Enceladus. |
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July 25, 2005 NASA Telescope Reveals Nearby Galaxy's Invisible ArmsA new image from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer shows that a galaxy once thought to be rather plain and old is actually endowed with a gorgeous set of young spiral arms. |
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July 25, 2005 Cassini Reveals Saturn's Eerie-Sounding Radio EmissionsSaturn's radio emissions could be mistaken for a Halloween sound track. |
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July 22, 2005 Where's the Heat? Think 'Deep Blue'Figuring out the ocean's heat content and measuring it over time isn't easy. |
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July 21, 2005 NASA's New Mars Orbiter Will Sharpen Vision of ExplorationNASA's next mission to Mars will examine the red planet in unprecedented detail from low orbit and provide more data about the intriguing planet than all previous missions combined. |
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July 15, 2005 NASA's Opportunity Rover Rolls Free on MarsEngineers and mission managers for NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission cheered when images from the Martian surface confirmed Opportunity had successfully escaped from a sand trap. |
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July 13, 2005 Software Learns to Recognize Spring ThawSpring thaw in the Northern Hemisphere was monitored by a new set of eyes this year -- an Earth-orbiting NASA spacecraft carrying a new version of software trained to recognize and distinguish snow, ice, and water from space. |
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July 13, 2005 NASA Scientist Finds World With Triple SunsetsA NASA-funded astronomer has discovered a world where the sun sets over the horizon, followed by a second sun and then a third. |
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July 11, 2005 Spongy-Looking Hyperion Tumbles Into ViewTwo new Cassini views of Saturn's tumbling moon Hyperion offer the best looks yet at one of the icy, irregularly-shaped moons that orbit the giant, ringed planet. |
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July 8, 2005 NASA's Deep Impact Tells a Tale of the CometData from Deep Impact's instruments indicate an immense cloud of fine powdery material was released when the probe slammed into the nucleus of comet Tempel 1. |
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July 8, 2005 Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your Solar Cars!High school students from across the country and Mexico are on a 1,600-mile race in hand-built, solar-powered cars. |
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July 7, 2005 NASA Satellites Measure and Monitor Sea LevelFor the first time, NASA has the tools and expertise to understand the rate at which sea level is changing, some of the mechanisms that drive those changes and the effects that sea level change may have worldwide. |
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July 6, 2005 Deep ImpactA picture of Tempel 1(left) taken by Deep Impact's medium-resolution camera is shown next to data of the comet taken by the spacecraft's infrared spectrometer. |
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July 5, 2005 NASA's Opportunity Rover Rolls Free on MarsEngineers and mission managers for NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission cheered when images from the Martian surface confirmed Opportunity had successfully escaped from a sand trap. |
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July 4, 2005 NASA's Deep Impact Generates its Own Spectacular Photo FlashThe hyper-speed demise of NASA's Deep Impact probe generated an immense flash of light, which provided an excellent light source for the two cameras on the Deep Impact mothership. |
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July 4, 2005 Deep Impact Kicks Off Fourth of July With Deep Space FireworksAfter 172 days and 431 million kilometers (268 million miles) of deep space stalking, Deep Impact successfully reached out and touched comet Tempel 1. |
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July 3, 2005 Deep Impact Status ReportOne hundred and seventy-one days into its 172-day journey to comet Tempel 1, NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft successfully released its impactor at 11:07 p.m. Saturday, Pacific Daylight Time. |
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July 1, 2005 NASA's Deep Impact Spacecraft Preps for July 4 FireworksNASA's Deep Impact spacecraft continues to sail through its final checkout, as it hurtles toward comet Tempel 1. Impact with the comet is scheduled for 1:52 a.m. EDT, July 4 (10:52 p.m. PDT, July 3). |
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June 30, 2005 It Takes a Cosmic Village to View a CometAn international array of telescopes will train expert eyes on a dramatic encounter between NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft and a passing comet in the early hours of July 4th (EDT). |
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June 28, 2005 NASA's Deep Impact Craft Observes Major Comet 'Outburst'NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft observed a massive, short-lived outburst of ice or other particles from comet Tempel 1 that temporarily expanded the size and reflectivity of the cloud of dust and gas (coma) that surrounds the comet nucleus. |
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June 28, 2005 NASA's Cassini Reveals Lake-Like Feature on TitanScientists are fascinated by a dark, lake-like feature recently observed on Saturn's moon Titan. NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured a series of images showing a marking, darker than anything else around it. It is remarkably lake-like, with smooth, shore-like boundaries unlike any seen previously on Titan. |
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June 24, 2005 Whirling Atoms Dance Into Physics TextbooksNASA-funded researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., have created a new form of superfluid matter. |
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June 20, 2005 Cool Star Shows for Hot Summer NightsAs the mercury shoots upward and lazy summer days stretch into balmy evenings, NASA is teaming with amateur astronomy clubs across the country to share the wonders of the nighttime skies with the public. |
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June 9, 2005 NASA's Spitzer Captures Echo of Dead Star's RumblingsAn enormous light echo etched in the sky by a fitful dead star was spotted by the infrared eyes of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. |
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June 9, 2005 NASA Announces Spectacular Day of the CometAfter a voyage of 173 days and 431 million kilometers (268 million miles), NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft will get up-close and personal with comet Tempel 1 on July 4 (EDT). |
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June 8, 2005 Scientists Discover Possible Titan VolcanoA recent flyby of Saturn's hazy moon Titan by the Cassini spacecraft has revealed evidence of a possible volcano, which could be a source of methane in Titan's atmosphere. |
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June 6, 2005 NASA's Opportunity Rover Rolls Free on MarsEngineers and mission managers for NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission cheered when images from the Martian surface confirmed Opportunity had successfully escaped from a sand trap. |
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June 2, 2005 NASA's Phoenix Mars Mission Gets Thumbs Up for 2007 LaunchNASA has given the green light to a project to put a long-armed lander onto the icy ground of the far-northern martian plains. |
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June 2, 2005 NASA Spacecraft Measures Unusual 2005 Arctic Ozone ConditionsDespite near-record levels of chemical ozone destruction in the Arctic this winter, observations from NASA's Aura spacecraft showed that other atmospheric processes restored ozone amounts to near average and stopped high levels of harmful ultraviolet radiation from reaching Earth's surface. |
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June 2, 2005 NASA's Space Eyes Focus on Deep Impact TargetOn July 4, NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft will attempt an extraordinarily daring encounter with the far-flung comet Tempel 1, which is hurtling through space at tens of thousands of miles per hour. |
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June 1, 2005 NASA Selects New Frontiers Mission Concept StudyNASA today announced that a mission to fly to Jupiter will proceed to a preliminary design phase. The mission is called Juno, and it is the second in NASA's New Frontiers Program. |
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May 31, 2005 Icy Jupiter Moon Throws a Curve Ball at Formation TheoriesScientists studying data from NASA's Galileo spacecraft have found that Jupiter's moon Amalthea is a pile of icy rubble less dense than water. |
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May 31, 2005 NASA Telescope Catches Surprise Ultraviolet Light ShowAt 2 p.m. Pacific time on April 24, 2004, the detectors on NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer ultraviolet space telescope nearly overloaded when the star abruptly brightened by a factor of at least 10,000. |
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May 31, 2005 Spitzer Captures Fruits of Massive Stars' LaborsThe saga of how a few monstrous stars spawned a diverse community of additional stars is told in a new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. |
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May 25, 2005 Odd Spot on Titan Baffles ScientistsSaturn's moon Titan shows an unusual bright spot that has scientists mystified. |
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May 24, 2005 NASA's Rovers Continue Martian MissionsNASA's Mars rover Opportunity is trying to escape from a sand trap, while its twin, Spirit, has been busy finding new clues to a wet and violent early Martian history. |
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May 24, 2005 Voyager Spacecraft Enters Solar System's Final FrontierNASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has entered the solar system's final frontier. |
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May 23, 2005 Cassini Radio Signals Decipher Saturn Ring StructureThe Cassini spacecraft has obtained the most detailed look ever at Saturn's rings, including the B ring, which has eluded previous robotic explorers. |
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May 20, 2005 NASA's AcrimSat Solar Spacecraft Completes Five-Year MissionA NASA satellite that measures the variability in the amount of the Sun's energy that reaches Earth's atmosphere and impacts our winds, land and oceans has successfully accomplished its five-year primary mission. |
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May 19, 2005 One Mars Orbiter Takes First Photos of Other OrbitersPhotographs from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft released today are the first pictures ever taken of a spacecraft orbiting a foreign planet by another spacecraft orbiting that planet. |
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May 19, 2005 LA's 'Big Squeeze' Continues, Straining EarthquakesNew NASA research confirms that northern metropolitan Los Angeles is being squeezed at a rate of 5 millimeters (0.2 inches) a year, straining an area between two earthquake faults that serve as geologic bookends north and south of the affected region. |
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May 18, 2005 Programs Will Share Excitement of Mars RoversTwo free public programs in Pasadena this week will offer a mission leader's account of the continuing Mars adventures of the rovers Spirit and Opportunity. |
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May 17, 2005 JPL Announces New Explorer School PartnershipsNASA today announced the selection of 50 new Explorer Schools, including five from Southern California that will be partnered with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. |
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May 16, 2005 NASA's CloudSat Spacecraft Arrives at Launch SiteA NASA spacecraft designed to reveal the inner secrets of Earth's clouds has arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., to begin final launch preparations. |
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May 13, 2005 Deep Impact Mission Status ReportFifty-nine days before going head-to-head with comet Tempel 1, NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft successfully executed the second trajectory correction maneuver of the mission. |
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May 10, 2005 Cassini Finds New Saturn Moon That Makes WavesIn a spectacular kick-off to its first season of prime ring viewing, which began last month, the Cassini spacecraft has confirmed earlier suspicions of an unseen moon hidden in a gap in Saturn's outer A ring. |
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May 6, 2005 Rover Team Tests Mars Moves on EarthMars rover engineers are using a testing laboratory to simulate specific Mars surface conditions where NASA's rover Opportunity has spun its wheels in a small dune. |
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May 6, 2005 Scientists Discover Pluto Kin Is a Member of Saturn FamilySaturn's battered little moon Phoebe is an interloper to the Saturn system from the deep outer solar system, scientists have concluded. |
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May 4, 2005 Hats Off to Space Day From NASA's Spitzer Space TelescopeNASA salutes Space Day, observed this year on May 5, with a new dramatic image of the Sombrero galaxy. |
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May 2, 2005 NASA's Next Mars Spacecraft Arrives in Florida for Final CheckoutA large spacecraft destined to be Earth's next robotic emissary to Mars has completed the first leg of its journey, a cargo- plane ride from Colorado to Florida in preparation for an August launch. |
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May 2, 2005 Mars Express Radar to Be DeployedThe European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter will soon deploy its radar instrument for the first time. |
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April 29, 2005 JPL Open House: An Invitation to the Solar System and BeyondJPL invites the public to share the "Spirit of Exploration" during its Open House on Saturday and Sunday, May 14 and 15, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. |
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April 29, 2005 Mars Rover Panorama Shows Vista from 'Lookout' PointFrom a ridgeline vantage point overlooking slopes, valleys and plains, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has returned its latest color panorama of the martian landscape. |
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April 27, 2005 NASA's Deep Impact Spacecraft Spots Its QuarrySixty-nine days before it gets up-close-and-personal with a comet, NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft successfully photographed its quarry, comet Tempel 1, from a distance of 64 million kilometers (39.7 million miles). |
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April 27, 2005 Cassini Captures Swiss-Cheese Look of Saturn MoonAn image of Saturn's small moon, Epimetheus (epp-ee-MEE-thee-uss), was captured by the Cassini spacecraft in the closest view ever taken of the pockmarked body. |
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April 26, 2005 Cassini Finds Particles Near Saturn's Moon EnceladusThe Cassini spacecraft has discovered intriguing dust particles around Saturn's moon Enceladus. |
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April 25, 2005 Organic Materials Spotted High Above Titan's SurfaceDuring its closest flyby of Saturn's moon Titan on April 16, the Cassini spacecraft found that the outer layer of the thick, hazy atmosphere is brimming with complex hydrocarbons. |
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April 21, 2005 Movie Clip Shows Whirlwinds Carrying Dust on MarsNASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit is taking movies of dust devils -- whirlwinds carrying dust -- scooting across a plain on Mars. |
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April 20, 2005 NASA's Spitzer Telescope Sees Signs of Alien Asteroid BeltNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has spotted what may be the dusty spray of asteroids banging together in a belt that orbits a star like our Sun. |
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April 6, 2005 Regional Winners Named in Student-Built Robot CompetitionStudents from Southern California, Arizona, New Hampshire, Florida, Massachusetts and Canada had the opportunity to rub metal and burn rubber against some of the world's finest student-built robots during a regional competition. |
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April 6, 2005 Cassini Mission Status ReportNASA's Cassini spacecraft successfully flew by Saturn's moon Titan at a distance of 2,402 kilometers (1,493 miles) on Thursday, March 31. |
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April 5, 2005 Durable Mars Rovers Sent Into Third Overtime PeriodNASA has approved up to 18 more months of operations for Spirit and Opportunity, the twin Mars rovers that have already surprised engineers and scientists by continuing active exploration for more than 14 months. |
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April 1, 2005 Making Measurements That CountJPL's Dr. Helen Worden helps turn raw satellite observations into measurements that tell us more about some important gases in the air we breathe than we have known before. |
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March 28, 2005 JPL Tutors Make a Difference at Local SchoolJPL partners with local schools for a tutoring program. |
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March 25, 2005 Deep Impact Mission Status ReportNASA's Deep Impact spacecraft has completed the commissioning phase of the mission and has moved into the cruise phase. |
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March 25, 2005 Dr. Kevin GrazierJPL's Dr. Kevin Grazier discusses the Cassini mission and his research at JPL. |
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March 23, 2005 NASA 'Ambassadors' Spread the Scientific WordSpace enthusiasts have joined together for an eighth year as part of NASA's Solar System Ambassadors Program. |
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March 22, 2005 NASA's Spitzer Marks Beginning of New Age of Planetary ScienceNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has for the first time captured the light from two known planets orbiting stars other than our Sun. |
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March 18, 2005 Here Comes the Rain...AgainIt's raining again in Southern California, even though most of the west is having a drought. |
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March 17, 2005 NASA Researchers Use Imaging Radar to Detect Coastal PollutionA NASA-funded study of marine pollution in Southern California concluded space-based synthetic aperture radar can be a vital observational tool for assessing and monitoring ocean hazards in urbanized coastal regions. |
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March 16, 2005 Cassini Finds an Atmosphere on Saturn's Moon EnceladusThe Cassini spacecraft's two close flybys of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus have revealed that the moon has a significant atmosphere. Scientists, using Cassini's magnetometer instrument for their studies, say the source may be volcanism, geysers, or gases escaping from the surface or the interior. |
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March 15, 2005 Diagnostic Tests Planned for Instrument on Mars RoverNASA has suspended use of one of the mineral-identifying tools on the Opportunity Mars rover while experts troubleshoot a problem with getting data from the instrument, the robot's miniature thermal emission spectrometer. |
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March 10, 2005 A Tale of Two El NiñosFor some, an El Niño means a welcome respite from bitter winter weather. For others, it can bring lashing rains and devastating floods. |
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March 9, 2005 Cassini Images of Titan Reveal an Active, Earth-like WorldSaturn's largest and hazy moon, Titan, has a surface shaped largely by Earth-like processes of tectonics, erosion, winds, and perhaps volcanism. The findings are published in this week's issue of the journal Nature. |
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March 7, 2005 Volunteer Network Provides Ringside Seat to SaturnExperiencing Saturn through a telescope for the first time is a feast for the eyes. |
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March 4, 2005 Moonbeams Shine on Einstein, Galileo and NewtonThirty-five years after Moon-walking astronauts placed special reflectors on the lunar surface, scientists have used these devices to test Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity to unprecedented accuracy. |
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March 2, 2005 Mars Rovers Break Driving Records, Examine Salty SoilOn three consecutive days, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity accomplished unprecedented feats of martian motion, covering more total ground in that period than either Opportunity or its twin, Spirit, did in their first 70 days on Mars. |
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March 1, 2005 JPL Artist Sheds Light on Pasadena EventJPL's artist in residence will display his Light/Shadow Exhibition in Pasadena during the biannual ArtNight on Friday, March 4. |
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March 1, 2005 NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope Exposes Dusty Galactic HideoutsHow do you hide something as big and bright as a galaxy? You smother it in cosmic dust. |
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February 28, 2005 Artificial Muscles Get a Grip on Human HandSix years ago a scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., issued a unique challenge: build a robotic arm using artificial muscles that could arm wrestle a human. |
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February 24, 2005 NASA's Cassini Spacecraft Continues Making New DiscoveriesNASA's Cassini spacecraft continues making new and exciting discoveries. |
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February 23, 2005 JPL's New Associate Director Led Successful Mars ExplorationJPL's Dr. Firouz Naderi will become the laboratory's Associate Director for Programs, Project Formulation and Strategy, effective March 7. |
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February 22, 2005 Spitzer Space Telescope Provides Visual Feast OnlineThe magic of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope comes alive in an online interactive presentation. |
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February 18, 2005 Saturn's Moons Titan and Enceladus Seen by CassiniNASA's Cassini spacecraft has had a busy week, snapping stunning new images of two of Saturn's moons -- smoggy Titan on Feb. 15 and wrinkled Enceladus on Feb. 16. |
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February 16, 2005 Cassini's Radar Spots Giant Crater on TitanA giant impact crater the size of Iowa was spotted on Saturn's moon Titan by NASA's Cassini radar instrument during Tuesday's Titan flyby. |
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February 16, 2005 NASA Spacecraft Help Solve Saturn's Mysterious AurorasScientists studying data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft and Hubble Space Telescope have found that Saturn's auroras behave differently than scientists have believed for the last 25 years. |
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February 15, 2005 NASA's Twin Mars Rovers Continue ExplorationNASA's Spirit rover found a new class of water-affected rock, while its twin, Opportunity, finished inspecting its own heat shield and set a new martian driving record. The rovers successfully completed their three-month primary missions in April 2004 and are working on extended exploration missions. |
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February 11, 2005 NASA and the Universe Send a Celestial ValentineThe candles are lit, the champagne is on ice. All you need now are flowers and a ring. |
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February 10, 2005 Physicists Hear High-Tech Whistle While They WorkIt was music to the ears of physicists at the University of California, Berkeley, when they forced liquid helium-4 through thousands of tiny holes and heard a whistling sound. |
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February 9, 2005 NASA Observations Help Determine Titan Wind SpeedsStrong westerly winds buffeted the Huygens probe as it descended through Titan's upper atmosphere last month, according to NASA-led observations of the probe. |
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February 8, 2005 Cassini Spacecraft Witnesses Saturn's BluesColorful new images from the Cassini spacecraft show that Saturn's northern hemisphere has a case of the blues. |
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February 7, 2005 Astronomers Discover Beginnings of 'Mini' Solar SystemMoons circle planets, and planets circle stars. Now, astronomers have learned that planets may also circle celestial bodies almost as small as planets. |
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February 3, 2005 Saturn's Bull's-Eye Marks its Hot SpotNASA astronomers using the Keck I telescope in Hawaii are learning much more about a strange, thermal "hot spot" on the tip of Saturn's south pole. |
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January 25, 2005 New Technique, New Body FoundUsing a relatively new planet-hunting technique, researchers have discovered a potentially rocky, icy body that may be the smallest planet yet found orbiting a star other than our sun. |
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January 19, 2005 New NASA Imagery Sheds Additional Perspectives On TsunamiNewly released imagery from three NASA spaceborne instruments sheds valuable insights into the Indian Ocean tsunami that resulted from the magnitude 9 earthquake southwest of Sumatra on December 26. |
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January 19, 2005 Opportunity Rover Finds an Iron Meteorite on MarsNASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has found an iron meteorite, the first meteorite of any type ever identified on another planet. |
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January 14, 2005 NASA Salutes Successful Huygens ProbeNASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe today offered congratulations to the European Space Agency (ESA) on the successful touchdown of its Huygens probe on Saturn's moon Titan. |
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January 13, 2005 Deep Impact Mission Status ReportNASA's Deep Impact spacecraft is out of safe mode and healthy, and on its way to an encounter with comet Tempel 1 on July 4, 2005. |
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January 12, 2005 Deep Impact Launched and Flying Toward Date With a CometNASA's Deep Impact spacecraft began its 431 million kilometer (268 million mile) journey to comet Tempel 1 today at 1:47:08 p.m. EST. |
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January 12, 2005 Spitzer Finds Stellar Incubators with Massive Star EmryosNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has uncovered a hatchery for massive stars. |
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January 11, 2005 NASA/French Satellite Data Reveal New Details of TsunamiFor the first time, orbiting satellites have observed and measured a major tsunami event in open ocean, the Indian Ocean tsunami that resulted from the magnitude 9 earthquake southwest of Sumatra on December 26. |
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January 11, 2005 JPL to Hold High-Tech Conference for Small BusinessNASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., will host the 17th annual High-Tech Conference for Small Business on March 1 and 2, at the Radisson Hotel located near Los Angeles International Airport. |
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January 11, 2005 New Clues Found in Ongoing Mystery of Giant Galactic BlobsAstronomers have numerous technical terms and numbering systems for describing the universe, but one type of mysterious object has yet to be classified. |
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January 10, 2005 NASA Details Earthquake Effects on the EarthNASA scientists using data from the Indonesian earthquake calculated it affected Earth's rotation, decreased the length of day, slightly changed the planet's shape, and shifted the North Pole by centimeters. |
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January 10, 2005 Spitzer Sees Dusty Aftermath of Pluto-Sized CollisionAstronomers say a dusty disc swirling around the nearby star Vega is bigger than earlier thought. |
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January 7, 2005 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission StatusEven as the Spirit and Opportunity rovers complete a year of successful operation on Mars, the next major step in Mars Exploration is taking shape with preparation of NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter for launch in just seven months. |
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January 7, 2005 Saturn's Moon Iapetus Shows a Bulging WaistlineImages returned by NASA's Cassini spacecraft cameras during a New Year's Eve flyby of Saturn's moon Iapetus show startling surface features that are fueling heated scientific discussions about their origin. |
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January 6, 2005 NASA Goes 'Down Under' for Shuttle Mapping Mission FinaleCulminating more than four years of processing data, NASA and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency have completed Earth's most extensive global topographic map. |
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January 3, 2005 Cassini Mission Status ReportNASA's Cassini spacecraft successfully flew by Saturn's moon Iapetus at a distance of 123,400 kilometers (76,700 miles) on Friday, Dec. 31. |
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January 3, 2005 NASA Rovers' Adventures on Mars ContinueNASA lit a birthday candle today for its twin Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity. |
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