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Soyuz TMA-6 With ESA Astronaut Roberto Vittori Arrives At The ISS |
| The Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft carrying European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori on the Eneide Mission and the two members of the ISS Expedition 11 crew docked with the International Space Station today [Apr. 17] - ESA |
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Distant Planetoid Sedna Gives Up More Secrets |
| The distant planetoid Sedna appears to be covered in a tar-like sludge that gives it a distinctly red hue, a new study reveals. The findings suggests the dark crust was
baked-on by the Sun and has been untouched by other objects for millions of years - New Scientist |
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Planetary Billiards |
| Researchers say the eccentric orbits of Upsilon Andromedae's planets got that way by interacting with a wayward world - Astronomy |
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Moon Images Reveal Bright Spots For Lunar Base |
| A few precious spots on the Moon may be bathed in permanent sunlight, according to planetary scientists. These bright, temperate areas might make ideal sites for a lunar base - Nature |
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Andromeda's Vast Starry Disk |
| An enormous disk of stars surrounds the Andromeda Galaxy's bright disk, say astronomers in Europe, the United States, and Australia. The newfound stellar disk spans at least 260,000 light-years, almost twice the size of the bright disk seen in photographs, and emits nearly 10 percent of the galaxy's total light - Astronomy |
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A Star Is Born - And It May Be The First |
| A new star that may be one of the first to have formed in the Universe has been discovered by an international team led by ANU researchers - Australian National University |
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On Orbit Anomaly Ends DART Mission Early |
| The Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous Technology (DART) spacecraft that was successfully launched Friday [Apr. 15] at 10:25 a.m. PDT from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., experienced an on orbit anomaly late Friday - NASA |
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Cassini's April 16 Flyby Of Titan |
| This map of Titan's surface illustrates the regions that will be imaged by Cassini during the spacecraft's close flyby of the smog-enshrouded moon on April 16, 2005 - NASA/JPL |
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Flying A Science Lab To Mars |
| The Mars Science Laboratory, currently scheduled for launch in 2009, will land a rover three times as massive as Spirit or Opportunity and with ten scientific instruments, among them some never before flown in space - Astrobiology Magazine |
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Space Debris Mitigation: The Case For A Code Of Conduct |
| 4th European Conference on Space Debris takes place at ESOC in Darmstadt, Germany, 18-20 April 2005 - ESA |
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