Archive for 2006

New Horizons Set for Launch

Monday, January 16th, 2006

The first spacecraft mission to the last of the original nine planets in our solar system is schedule for launch on Tuesday, January 17, 2006. New Horizons will begin its journey as the [...]


Titan, Flyby 11

Monday, January 16th, 2006

Cassini passed within 2,043 kilometers (1,270 miles) of the surface of Titan on Saturday, January 14, 2006 (Pacific Standard Time) in its eleventh targeted flyby (after a more distant flyby a day earlier.) [...]


Stardust Returns Comet Material to Earth

Sunday, January 15th, 2006

The sample-return capsule from the Stardust spacecraft landed early this morning in Utah, after gliding through the darkness across the West Coast of the United States. Inside the capsule is valuable cargo: [...]


Stardust Returning

Sunday, January 15th, 2006

The first mission to return cometary material to the Earth is now in its final hours of the mission. The Stardust spacecraft, visitor to Asteroid 5535 Annefrank and Comet Wild 2, crossed the [...]