DAWN, NASA's mission to Vesta and Ceres, will enter the asteroid belt on November 13th. DAWN is currently 10 light minutes, or 1.25 AU, away from earth, and is scheduled to arrive at Vesta in just 629 days. Mark your calendars!

Following on the heals of the successful Aires launch on Wednesday, here is a very interesting simulation video of the Constellation program. <img...

Following on the heels of Rich’s post regarding the successful launch of the Ares 1-X launch, is this article at Popular Mechanics that calls into question the need for the NASA program and even the term...

Well, congratulations to Masten Space Systems on completing the NGLLC, landing within an average of 25 cms from the target. That beats Armadillo's average accuracy of 90 cm, but the Judges allowed Masten an extra day to complete the challenge,...

New Scientist It's not your average confession show: a panel of leading physicists … was asked to respond to a single question: "What keeps you awake at night?"