Expanding the frontiers of the visible Universe, Hubble looks deep into space with cameras that can see across the spectrum of infrared to ultraviolet light.
After an epic space journey, the European Space Agency Huygens probe landed on Saturn's moon Titan, a mysterious satellite that has perplexed astronomers for decades.
Draco thruster firing at full power for ten minutes, then after a thermal soak, restarts for an additional minute. Conducted in the vacuum test chamber at the SpaceX Texas Test facility in McGregor, TX.
The Phoenix lander targets this circumpolar region using a robotic arm to dig through the protective top soil layer to the water ice below and ultimately, to bring both soil and water ice to the lander platform for sophisticated scientific analysis.
NASA recognized Armadillo Aerospace, the winner of the 2008 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge, during a ceremony at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
Interviews Will Whitehorn, President of Virgin Galactic, at the Royal Aeronautical Society in London. Will describes a new competition for schools, as well as discussing the Virgin Galactic system.