Kategori: Space

A team of astronomers using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has mapped temperature variations over the surface of the giant gas planet HD 189733b, revealing it is likely being whipped by roaring winds. “We have mapped the temperature variations with longitude across the entire surface of the planet that is so far away its light takes…

After two critical computers crashed aboard the international space station (ISS) Wednesday, U.S. and Russian flight controllers have partially restored functioning, but long-term prospects remain uncertain. The crash occurred Wednesday while crew members were working to retract a solar array as part of their scheduled mission. One of the computers is located in the Zarya…

After working overnight to try to restore two failed computers aboard the international space station (ISS) to full operation, flight controllers have made little progress in identifying or fixing the problem. Operating on the theory that the pair of new solar arrays being installed on the starboard side of the station might be creating electrical…

Computers aboard the international space station (ISS) are up and running once again, thanks to the efforts of flight controllers over the weekend, so the Space Shuttle Atlantis received the green light from mission managers to undock from the space station on Tuesday morning. Two of three lanes on each of the two problematic computers…

Mission Specialist Barbara Morgan, the teacher-turned-astronaut who is embarking her first space flight Wednesday, is capturing much of the world’s attention as the space shuttle Endeavour is readied for launch. Morgan served as the backup to Christa McAuliffe under the NASA Teacher in Space program between September 1985 and January 1986, training with the Challenger…