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»» Cassini Shows Saturnian Roller Derby, Strange Weather
[Thursday, March 18, 2010] From our vantage point on Earth, Saturn may look like a peaceful orb with rings worthy of a carefully raked Zen garden, but NASA's Cassini spacecraft has been shadowing the gas giant long enough to see that the rings are a rough and tumble roller derby.
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»» NASA Cassini Significant Events 03/03/10 - 03/09/10
[Friday, March 12, 2010] The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired on Mar. 9 from the Deep Space Network tracking complex at Madrid, Spain. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all subsystems are operating normally.
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»» Cassini Data Show Ice and Rock Mixture Inside Titan
[Thursday, March 11, 2010] By precisely tracking NASA's Cassini spacecraft on its low swoops over Saturn's moon Titan, scientists have determined the distribution of materials in the moon's interior.
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»» NASA Cassini Significant Events 02/24/10 - 03/02/10
[Sunday, March 7, 2010] The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired on Mar. 2 from the Deep Space Network tracking complex at Canberra, Australia. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all subsystems are operating normally.
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»» Is That Saturn's Moon Titan or Utah?
[Sunday, March 7, 2010] Planetary scientists have been puzzling for years over the honeycomb patterns and flat valleys with squiggly edges evident in radar images of Saturn's moon Titan.
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»» NASA Cassini Significant Events 02/17/10 - 02/23/10
[Friday, February 26, 2010] The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired on Feb. 23 from the Deep Space Network tracking complex at Canberra, Australia. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all subsystems are operating normally.
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»» Cassini Finds Plethora of Plumes, Hotspots at Enceladus
[Tuesday, February 23, 2010] Newly released images from last November's swoop over Enceladus by Cassini reveal a forest of new jets spraying from prominent fractures crossing the south polar region and yield the most detailed temperature map to date of one fracture.
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»» NASA Cassini Significant Events 02/10/10 - 02/16/10
[Sunday, February 21, 2010] The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired on Feb. 16 from the Deep Space Network tracking complex at Madrid, Spain. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all subsystems are operating normally.
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»» Voyager Celebrates 20-Year-Old Valentine to Solar System
[Monday, February 15, 2010] Twenty years ago NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft had sailed beyond the outermost planet in our solar system and turned its camera inward to snap a series of final images that would be its parting valentine to the string of planets it called home.
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»» NASA Cassini Significant Events 02/03/10 - 02/09/10
[Monday, February 15, 2010] The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired on Feb. 9 from the Deep Space Network tracking complex at Madrid, Spain. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all subsystems are operating normally
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»» Saturn's aurorae offer stunning double show
[Thursday, February 11, 2010] An enormous and grand ringed planet, Saturn is certainly one of the most intriguing bodies orbiting the Sun. Hubble has now taken a fresh look at the fluttering aurorae that light up both of Saturn's poles.
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»» Negative Ions a Positive Sign for Liquid Water in Enceladus
[Monday, February 8, 2010] In dives through the water ice plume of Enceladus, the Cassini plasma spectrometer has found unexpected populations of charged molecules and dust that strengthen arguments for the presence of liquid water and the ingredients for life inside the moon.
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»» The Obama Space Vision for NASA: Massive Paradigm Shifts Ahead
[Monday, February 1, 2010] In announcing its $19.0 billion FY 2011 NASA budget today, the Obama Administration has made it very clear that it intends to attempt a paradigm shift in the way that America explores and utilizes space.
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