6 Jul 2011 The Planetary Science Division of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate is sponsoring the Year of the Solar System! The Year of the Solar System, which actually lasts for one Mars year (or 23 Earth months), celebrates the amazing planetary science exploration activity taking place within NASA from October 2010 until August 2012. During the […]
Video of Asteroid Vesta!
24 Jun 2011 Dawn, one of NASA’s Discovery class missions, is steadily closing in on its first intended target, the asteroid Vesta. Dawn will enter orbit around Vesta in July and will spend one year in orbit there thoroughly studying the asteroid’s geology, chemistry and more. Insights gained there will help build the link between Vesta and […]
