NASA unveils Space Launch System vision
The rocket design that will take humans to asteroids, Mars and beyond was unveiled by the US space agency. The Space Launch System (SLS), as it is currently known, will be the most powerful launcher since the Saturn V rockets that put men on the Moon. Atop it, Nasa plans to use the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, a capsule not unlike those of the moonshots. The agency says the first launch of the SLS is expected to take place towards the end of 2017.
Cassini Spacecraft Enters Safe Mode
Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., are working to understand what caused NASA’s Cassini spacecraft to put itself into "safe mode," a precautionary standby mode.The malfunction prevented the probe from making its next swing by Saturn’s largest moon Titan.
Cassini reveals oxygen atmosphere of Saturn’s moon Rhea
A very tenuous atmosphere known as an exosphere that is infused with oxygen and carbon-dioxide has been discovered at Saturn’s moon Rhea by the Cassini-Huygens mission - the first time a spacecraft has captured direct evidence of an oxygen atmosphere - albeit a very thin one - at a world other than Earth.
Never-before-seen Images From Saturn Kick Off Celebrations at Royal Observatory Greenwich in London
In anticipation of the upcoming equinox at Saturn, the imaging science team on NASA’s Cassini spacecraft is releasing today a series of images and movies capturing scenes possible only once every 15 years.
Cassini finding hints at ocean within Saturn’s moon Enceladus
European scientists on the joint NASA/ESA Cassini mission have detected, for the first time, sodium salts in ice grains of Saturn’s E-ring, which is primarily replenished by material from the plumes of water vapour and ice grains emitted by Saturn’s moon Enceladus. The detection of salty ice indicates that the little moon harbours a reservoir of liquid water, perhaps even an ocean, beneath its surface.Salt Finding from NASA’s Cassini Hints at Ocean within Saturn Moon
For the first time, scientists working on NASA’s Cassini mission have detected sodium salts in ice grains of Saturn’s outermost ring.Jets on Saturn’s moon Enceladus not geysers from underground ocean, says study
Jets on Saturn’s moon Enceladus not geysers from underground ocean, says studyAstronomy Question of the Week: Where does a storm last for several centuries?
The longest documented storm on Earth lasted for just five weeks. Last year, astronomers observed a storm on Saturn that lasted for more than five months. However, on Jupiter, scientists in the 17th century observed a gigantic ’red eye’ - known as the Great Red Spot -" that has been observed continuously ever since and can be seen with amateur telescopes.Composition Of Enceladus Jets Still Unclear
The Cassini Saturn orbiter will make two more close flybys of Saturn’s strange moon.Cassini finding hints at ocean within SaturnĀ’s moon Enceladus
European scientists on the Cassini mission have detected, sodium salts in ice grains of Saturn’s E-ring. This indicates that the little moon harbours a reservoir of liquid water, perhaps even an ocean, beneath its surface.A new study has revealed the origins of tiger stripes and a subsurface ocean on Enceladus- one of Saturn’s many moons.Where does a storm last for several centuries?
The longest documented storm on Earth lasted for just five weeks. Last year, astronomers observed a storm on Saturn that lasted for more than five months. However, on Jupiter, scientists in the 17th century observed a gigantic ’red eye’ - known as the Great Red Spot -" that has been observed continuously ever since and can be seen with amateur telescopes.