The Carnegie Institution for Science and the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center has announced the discovery of dwarf planet 2015, the world with an extremely distant aphelion (farthest point in orbit) from the Sun, an object approximately 300 kilometers (186 miles) in diameter.
NASA has confirmed “statistically significant evidence” from the Hubble Space Telescope indicating the presence of…
The Space Shuttle achieved many historic milestones during its 30 year career, with Friday marking one…
Two NASA spacecraft are to join forces in finding a new deep space target ripe…
NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) members were provided with an updated status review of…
One of the jewels in NASA’s crown – the Hubble Space Telescope – is continuing…
With the debris strike on Atlantis’ starboard chine Thermal Protection System (TPS) – now confirmed…
Another major milestone in the flow towards the final Hubble Servicing Mission has taken place,…
Atlantis’ trip to service the Hubble Space Telescope remains on track for May, although another…
The complicated task of remotely switching the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) over to its Science…
STS-125 has been given a new “work-to” launch date of February 17, pending a November…
Preliminary milestone schedules have been created for the complex dual processing flows of Atlantis and…
As NASA and the SSP (Space Shuttle Program) refine their orbiter schedules, preparations for STS-125’s…
While the status of STS-125’s Hubble Servicing Mission remains fluid, managers at the Kennedy Space…
A major failure of the “Side A” control system on the Hubble Space Telescope has delayed…