http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Unmanned_Space_ExplorationFind stories, videos, and photos about Unmanned Space Exploration from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:03:09 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/TECH/space/10/09/probe.moon.crash/tztop.lcross.nasa.jpghttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Unmanned_Space_Exploration14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Unmanned Space Exploration from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/10/09/probe.moon.crash/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/10/09/probe.moon.crash/index.html#cnnSTCTextNASA said Friday's rocket and satellite strike on the moon was a success, kicking up enough dust for scientists to determine whether or not there is water on the moon.Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:02:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/10/08/probe.moon.crash/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/10/08/probe.moon.crash/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo U.S. spacecraft are set to crash on the moon Friday. On purpose. And we're all invited to watch.Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:42:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/30/india.moon.mission/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/30/india.moon.mission/index.html#cnnSTCTextIndian space scientists were scrambling Sunday to regain contact with their unmanned moon mission a day after they abruptly lost contact with the orbiter.Sun, 30 Aug 2009 07:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/15/india.space/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/15/india.space/index.html#cnnSTCTextFlashback to 1984: As a child, I am glued to my family's black-and-white television set for our daily dose of evening entertainment and news on India's national broadcaster.Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/06/23/moon.missions/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/06/23/moon.missions/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo unmanned NASA spacecraft reached the moon's orbit Tuesday morning and began the process of mapping its surface for future missions.Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:28:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/06/18/nasa.rocket/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/06/18/nasa.rocket/index.html#cnnSTCTextHumans are a step closer to returning to the moon after NASA launched a lunar orbiter Thursday to provide a comprehensive survey of our nearest celestial neighbor.Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/03/04/saturn.moon/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/03/04/saturn.moon/index.html#cnnSTCTextInternational scientists have announced the discovery of a tiny moon orbiting Saturn.Wed, 04 Mar 2009 07:17:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/12/04/nasa.mars.delay/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/12/04/nasa.mars.delay/index.html#cnnSTCTextNASA's launch of the Mars Science Laboratory -- hampered by technical difficulties and cost overruns -- has been delayed until the fall of 2011, NASA officials said at a news conference Thursday in Washington.Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:34:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/10/22/india.space/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/10/22/india.space/index.html#cnnSTCTextIndia blasted into the international space race Wednesday with the successful launch of an ambitious two-year mission to study the moon's landscape.Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/05/26/mars.lander/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/05/26/mars.lander/index.html#cnnSTCTextNASA's Mars Phoenix Lander began sending photos of the planet's surface on the first day of its three-month mission "to taste and sniff the northern polar site's soil and ice," the space agency said.Mon, 26 May 2008 22:26:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/05/25/mars.lander/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/05/25/mars.lander/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe first pictures from NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander, which successfully touched down near Mars' north pole Sunday, showed a pattern of brown polygons as far as the camera could see.Mon, 26 May 2008 06:53:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/05/23/mars.lander/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/05/23/mars.lander/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn the wake of the wildly successful Spirit and Opportunity rover missions, you would think NASA would approach the landing of the next Martian probe with high confidence. Fri, 23 May 2008 15:18:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1808567,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1808567,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsNASA's Phoenix lander is set to touch down in the Martian Arctic on Sunday, where it will start chewing through the permafrost in search of lifeThu, 22 May 2008 17:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/03/24/nasa.mars.rover/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/03/24/nasa.mars.rover/index.html#cnnSTCTextNASA sent conflicting signals Monday evening about what an official told CNN is a planned $4 million budget cut in NASA's Mars Exploration Rover program.Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:54:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1657670,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1657670,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsScientists peek into a newly forming solar system 1,000 light years away and discover five times the water on Earth -- plus some unexpected tidbits about our own solar system's pastThu, 30 Aug 2007 17:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/08/23/cassini.saturn.reut/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/08/23/cassini.saturn.reut/index.html#cnnSTCTextTiny grains of ice or particles of space dust could significantly damage the Cassini spacecraft when it passes close by Saturn's moon Enceladus next March, scientists said on Thursday.Thu, 23 Aug 2007 03:19:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/08/22/google.sky.reut/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/08/22/google.sky.reut/index.html#cnnSTCTextPopular mapping service Google Earth will launch a new feature called Sky, a "virtual telescope" that the search engine hopes will turn millions of Internet users into stargazers.Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:28:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/01/10/space.pillars/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/01/10/space.pillars/index.htmlThey helped open the public's eyes to the wonders of space when they were first photographed in 1995, but a new study suggests the famous Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula might have already been toppled long ago, and that what the Hubble Space Telescope actually captured was only a ghost image.Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:24:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/01/02/mwonders.shorts/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/01/02/mwonders.shorts/index.htmlWith so many modern wonders to choose from, it is hard to whittle the list down to a mere seven or eight. Here are a selection of other contemporary marvels that reflect the engineering, design and technical achievements of our times.Tue, 02 Jan 2007 10:14:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/12/23/mwonders.mars/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/12/23/mwonders.mars/index.htmlWhen, after an eight-month voyage, NASA's Mariner 4 spacecraft beamed back the first images of Mars in 1965 -- to score a victory over Russia's Mars 1 in the Cold War space-race -- it changed the way scientists thought about the Red Planet.Sat, 23 Dec 2006 14:59:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/12/19/universe.objects/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/12/19/universe.objects/index.htmlAstronomers might have seen the very first stars in the universe. If so, these are incredible stars, some 1,000 times as massive as the sun.Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:21:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/10/31/hubble.feedback/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/10/31/hubble.feedback/index.htmlNASA has announced plans to send astronauts on a final mission to repair the aging Hubble Space Telescope. The mission would extend Hubble's life until about 2013. Without a servicing mission, the powerful telescope is expected to deteriorate in the next few years.Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:11:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/10/31/hubble/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/10/31/hubble/index.htmlThe shuttle Discovery will pay the Hubble Space Telescope a final servicing call in 2008, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin announced Tuesday.Tue, 31 Oct 2006 16:35:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/10/13/fire.ice.planet/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/10/13/fire.ice.planet/index.htmlThe poet Robert Frost wondered if Earth would wind up a world of fire or ice. Astronomers have discovered that a distant planet is both.Fri, 13 Oct 2006 14:59:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/08/22/alma.telescope/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/08/22/alma.telescope/index.htmlAn ambitious project to build the world's largest radio telescope high in the Chilean Andes looks set to give astronomers their best ever view of deep space -- and provide them with a dramatic window back through time to the formation of the universe itself.Tue, 22 Aug 2006 17:14:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/08/01/hubble.puzzle/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/08/01/hubble.puzzle/index.htmlDespite the success of NASA's second shuttle flight since the 2003 Columbia tragedy, the decision to launch astronauts to the Hubble Space Telescope remains uncertain as top agency officials debate its safety.Tue, 01 Aug 2006 19:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/07/27/dead.star/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/07/27/dead.star/index.htmlNewly detected dust found around the burst remains of a dead star could help reveal how planets and stars formed and how life began.Thu, 27 Jul 2006 13:34:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/06/01/saturn.moon/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/06/01/saturn.moon/index.htmlSaturn's moon Enceladus might have rolled over on its side sometime in the past, a suggestion that would account for a strange finding made by the Cassini spacecraft.Thu, 01 Jun 2006 16:43:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/05/18/extrasolar.planets/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/05/18/extrasolar.planets/index.htmlThree medium-sized planets of roughly the same mass as Neptune have been discovered around a nearby sun-like star, scientists announced today.Thu, 18 May 2006 15:46:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/04/28/comet.breakup/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/04/28/comet.breakup/index.htmlNASA and the European Space agency have released new images from the Hubble Space Telescope showing the dramatic breakup of comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3. The comet's nucleus has shattered into more than 33 pieces, and is likely to continue to disintegrate.Fri, 28 Apr 2006 15:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/04/10/venus.express/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/04/10/venus.express/index.htmlA European probe bearing down on the planet Venus is set for a Tuesday arrival to take a close look at the world's soupy atmosphere.Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/03/10/mars.orbiter/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/03/10/mars.orbiter/index.htmlThe Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, on a two-year mission to study the Martian atmosphere and surface, and search for water, pulled off a dangerous and tricky maneuver known as "orbit insertion" and began circling the red planet Friday.Fri, 10 Mar 2006 14:13:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/03/09/cassini.enceladus/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/03/09/cassini.enceladus/index.htmlThe Cassini space probe has found evidence of geysers erupting from underground pools of liquid water on Saturn's moon Enceladus, scientists announced on Thursday.Thu, 09 Mar 2006 17:29:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/03/09/mars.orbiter.preview/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/03/09/mars.orbiter.preview/index.htmlNASA's latest mission to Mars could eclipse all previous ones if it can get into orbit on Friday.Thu, 09 Mar 2006 15:39:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/02/16/space.budget/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/02/16/space.budget/index.htmlNASA Administrator Michael Griffin defended his agency's budget Thursday before the House Committee on Science against charges it guts science missions to pay for the shuttle program, international space station and a new generation of manned spacecraft.Thu, 16 Feb 2006 19:29:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/02/06/nasa.budget/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/02/06/nasa.budget/index.htmlThe Bush administration's 2007 budget calls for $16.8 billion for NASA, a 3.2 percent increase over this year's allocation. But the space agency still finds itself having to make tough funding choices in order to accomplish all the tasks on its "to-do list."Mon, 06 Feb 2006 22:01:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/02/02/comet.ice/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/02/02/comet.ice/index.htmlScientists have long known that a major ingredient in comets is water ice, but they were unsure whether the ice was contained mainly inside or if it could be found on the surface as well.Thu, 02 Feb 2006 21:05:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/12/22/uranus.hubble/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/12/22/uranus.hubble/index.htmlNew images from the Hubble Space Telescope show the planet Uranus has two additional moons and two faint rings never observed before.Thu, 22 Dec 2005 17:13:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/11/11/hubble.stars/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/11/11/hubble.stars/index.htmlA new image from the Hubble Space Telescope reveals stars in the process of being born amid a fantastic scene of wispy space structures and intense radiation.Fri, 11 Nov 2005 13:46:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/11/09/dust.clouds/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/11/09/dust.clouds/index.htmlGiant clouds of gas and dust harboring embryonic stars rise majestically into space in a new picture from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.Wed, 09 Nov 2005 18:40:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/08/01/supernova/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/08/01/supernova/index.htmlA star explodes every second or so, somewhere in the universe. It's how they die, and astronomers call the events supernovas.Mon, 01 Aug 2005 20:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/07/04/deep.impact/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/07/04/deep.impact/index.htmlA NASA space probe slammed into a comet early Monday, capping a six-month mission that researchers hope will give them new clues about the birth of our solar system.Mon, 04 Jul 2005 04:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/06/30/deep.impact/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/06/30/deep.impact/index.htmlSix months after it blasted off from Earth, the Deep Impact spacecraft is poised to meet its cosmic fate -- in a hyper-speed smashup with a comet.Thu, 30 Jun 2005 13:28:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/06/07/deep.impact/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/06/07/deep.impact/index.htmlMany scientists believe comets are harbingers of life, responsible for bringing precious water and organic material to Earth.Tue, 07 Jun 2005 18:41:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/04/26/cassini.titan/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/04/26/cassini.titan/index.htmlThe Cassini spacecraft's most recent flyby of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, found that its upper atmosphere is full of complex organic material, a discovery that could help unlock the mystery of life on our own planet, scientists said Monday.Tue, 26 Apr 2005 19:19:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/04/20/alien.asteroids/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/04/20/alien.asteroids/index.htmlWherever there might be Earth-like planets, there are likely to be asteroids, too. And now astronomers have found evidence for an asteroid belt around another star similar to our Sun.Wed, 20 Apr 2005 18:02:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/04/01/hubble.deorbit/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/04/01/hubble.deorbit/index.htmlA major review last week of servicing the Hubble Space Telescope has led NASA officials to a "deorbit only" position.Fri, 01 Apr 2005 17:33:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/04/01/extrasolar.planet.photo/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/04/01/extrasolar.planet.photo/index.htmlAfter a few close calls, astronomers have finally obtained the first photograph of a planet beyond our solar system, SPACE.com has learned.Fri, 01 Apr 2005 17:06:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/03/22/extrasolar.planets/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/03/22/extrasolar.planets/index.htmlThe glow of planets outside our solar system have been spotted in the first direct detections of light emitted by alien worlds.Tue, 22 Mar 2005 20:21:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/02/15/saturn.astronomer/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/02/15/saturn.astronomer/index.htmlCarolyn Porco was 13 years old when she experienced her first 'cosmic connection.'Tue, 15 Feb 2005 18:10:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/02/15/titan.flyby.advancer/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/02/15/titan.flyby.advancer/index.htmlThe Cassini spacecraft is making its fourth flyby of Saturn's moon Titan on Tuesday, passing just 982 miles (1,580 kilometers) above the moon's surface, according to NASA.Tue, 15 Feb 2005 14:43:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/01/24/hubble.funding/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/01/24/hubble.funding/index.htmlA White House decision to cut funding for a Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission and dump the observatory into a remote stretch of ocean waters at a future date is sure to incite debate in scientific, engineering, and policy making circles.Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:37:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/01/13/huygens.titan/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/01/13/huygens.titan/index.htmlThe Huygens probe will plunge through the orange clouds of Saturn's moon Titan Friday, offering scientists their first glimpse of the mysterious moon.Thu, 13 Jan 2005 15:53:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/01/11/deep.impact/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/01/11/deep.impact/index.htmlThe two spacecraft of NASA's Deep Impact mission, dubbed Flyby and Impactor by their makers, launched Wednesday afternoon atop a Boeing Delta 2 rocket, their mission: To unlock the inner secrets of comets.Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:24:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/12/24/cassini.titan/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/12/24/cassini.titan/index.htmlA small space probe launched from NASA's Cassini spacecraft late Friday is making a beeline for the surface of Saturn's hazy moon Titan, taking an historic trip to unlock the stubborn mysteries of a perplexing place -- discoveries that might even shed light on Earth's own origins.Sat, 25 Dec 2004 04:19:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/12/23/titans.moon/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/12/23/titans.moon/index.htmlScientists in the United States and Europe may get what they want for Christmas if the Huygens probe successfully separates from the Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn on Christmas Eve.Thu, 23 Dec 2004 19:57:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/12/21/mars.heatshield/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/12/21/mars.heatshield/index.htmlThe Opportunity Mars rover has turned into a junkyard dog, prowling ever closer to a hunk of space litter at Meridiani Planum -- a discarded heat shield.Tue, 21 Dec 2004 17:26:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/10/19/planet.formation/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/10/19/planet.formation/index.htmlNew observations of dust around young stars suggest collisions of large asteroid-like objects and fledgling planets are frequent. But that doesn't likely stop the formation of rocky planets like Earth, a process that may well be common, the results suggest.Tue, 19 Oct 2004 13:15:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/08/31/space.planet.cnn/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/08/31/space.planet.cnn/index.htmlOur planet is not alone. It may not even be lonely.Tue, 31 Aug 2004 19:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/08/17/saturns.moonsmall/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/08/17/saturns.moonsmall/index.htmlThe Cassini spacecraft has spotted two previously unknown and small moons orbiting Saturn in an unexpected location.Tue, 17 Aug 2004 12:51:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/07/13/hubble.fix/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/07/13/hubble.fix/index.htmlA committee of experts told NASA today that it should not give up on the idea of a space shuttle mission to service and improve the Hubble Space Telescope.Tue, 13 Jul 2004 20:04:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/07/13/asteroid.deflect/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/07/13/asteroid.deflect/index.htmlA mission to smash into a space rock to deflect it and study its structure has been given priority over five other potential asteroid projects by the European Space Agency.Tue, 13 Jul 2004 13:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/07/01/cassini.orbit/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/07/01/cassini.orbit/index.htmlAfter a seven-year journey, NASA's Cassini probe has become the first spacecraft ever to orbit the giant ringed planet Saturn.Thu, 01 Jul 2004 04:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/06/30/cassini.orbit/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/06/30/cassini.orbit/index.htmlNASA's Cassini probe has threaded through a gap between two of Saturn's rings and fired its engine in a critical maneuver towards becoming the first spacecraft ever to orbit the giant planet about 930 million miles (1.44 billion km) away from Earth.Wed, 30 Jun 2004 17:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/06/22/cassini.saturn.image/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/06/22/cassini.saturn.image/index.htmlAs the Cassini-Huygens mission prepares to go into orbit around Saturn, project scientists are eager to begin an eye-opening look at the planet and its environment.Tue, 22 Jun 2004 13:41:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/06/11/saturn.moon/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/06/11/saturn.moon/index.htmlThe Cassini spacecraft will execute a close flyby of Saturn's moon Phoebe on Friday, snapping pictures and making science observations as it passes.Fri, 11 Jun 2004 13:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/05/27/baby.solar.systems/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/05/27/baby.solar.systems/index.htmlNASA released new Spitzer Space Telescope images and data Thursday that show regions of intense star and planet formation in our Milky Way galaxy. Astronomers said the new findings support the idea that our solar system is likely one of many.Thu, 27 May 2004 21:19:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/05/26/telescopes.two/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/05/26/telescopes.two/index.htmlAfter years of whittling away prospective designs for a NASA mission to search for earth-like planets around stars, the space agency narrowed the choice to two very different observatories.Wed, 26 May 2004 12:17:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/05/25/cosmic.hurricane/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/05/25/cosmic.hurricane/index.htmlA shower of hot gas from a distant star-forming galaxy has opened up a window into the violent life of the early universe for scientists.Tue, 25 May 2004 13:15:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/05/18/dark.energy/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/05/18/dark.energy/index.htmlThe Chandra Space Telescope has gathered further evidence the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate, scientists at NASA and Britain's Institute of Astronomy announced Tuesday. The finding sheds new light on a force known as "dark energy."Tue, 18 May 2004 19:20:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/05/10/extrasolar.image/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/05/10/extrasolar.image/index.htmlIn a preliminary analysis of new data, astronomers say they may have imaged a planet outside our solar system for the first time by using a tricky new method to ferret out dim objects from the light of a star.Mon, 10 May 2004 13:50:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/05/07/cassini.spot/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/05/07/cassini.spot/index.htmlThe Cassini spacecraft has returned its first images of the smog-shrouded moon Titan that reveal surface features, including a bright area euphemistically named Xanadu that so far eludes explanation.Fri, 07 May 2004 15:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/04/27/hubble.repairs/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/04/27/hubble.repairs/index.htmlNASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe told U.S. lawmakers worried about the Hubble Space Telescope's future that robotic servicing of the orbiting observatory appears to be more feasible than agency officials initially believed.Tue, 27 Apr 2004 14:20:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/04/22/hubble.bday/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/04/22/hubble.bday/index.htmlDuring its life in orbit, the Hubble Space Telescope has delivered transporting views of the heavens, pictures that fire the imagination of an unimaginably vast portion of the universe that we can't otherwise see.Thu, 22 Apr 2004 13:33:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/04/05/robot.hubble/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/04/05/robot.hubble/index.htmlNASA is reviewing over two dozen proposals to extend the useful scientific life of the Hubble Space Telescope, as well as safely dispose of the Earth orbiting observatory at the end of its life in space.Mon, 05 Apr 2004 19:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/03/30/mars.methane/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/03/30/mars.methane/index.htmlA trio of research teams independently probing the martian atmosphere for signs of methane have confirmed the presence of the gas and raised a host of explanations for how it got there.Tue, 30 Mar 2004 13:24:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/03/17/alien.debunk/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/03/17/alien.debunk/index.htmlAstronomer Philip Plait is tired of radio personality Richard Hoagland's claims.Wed, 17 Mar 2004 21:24:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/03/17/creature.features/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/03/17/creature.features/index.htmlThose on-the-prowl Mars robots -- Spirit and Opportunity -- are sending back extraordinary images and science data about the Red Planet and its history of climate and water.Wed, 17 Mar 2004 14:40:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/03/15/distant.object/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/03/15/distant.object/index.htmlScientists may have discovered the solar system's most distant object, more than three times farther away from Earth than Pluto.Mon, 15 Mar 2004 15:21:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/03/09/hubble.farthest/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/03/09/hubble.farthest/index.htmlAstronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) unveiled the deepest look into the universe yet, a portrait of what could be the most distant galaxies ever seen.Tue, 09 Mar 2004 14:54:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/02/20/shc.hubble.supernova/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/02/20/shc.hubble.supernova/index.htmlThe most dramatic stellar explosion witnessed in centuries just got more interesting. New images from the Hubble Space Telescope show a dying star's "ring of fire" entering a new phase of brightness.Fri, 20 Feb 2004 16:48:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/01/23/mars.water.ice/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/01/23/mars.water.ice/index.htmlThe European orbiter Mars Express detected ice at the Red Planet's south pole, mission officials at Darmstadt, Germany, said Friday.Fri, 23 Jan 2004 12:02:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/01/22/spirit.contact/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/01/22/spirit.contact/index.htmlThe Spirit rover has stopped transmitting data from Mars, NASA mission controllers said Thursday, but there were signs it is still operating at a basic level.Thu, 22 Jan 2004 17:48:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/01/16/rover.microscope/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/01/16/rover.microscope/index.htmlThe Mars rover Spirit stretched its robotic arm over Martian soil Friday, and its microscopic imager is capturing even-higher-resolution images than the ones sent back after landing.Fri, 16 Jan 2004 22:15:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/09/25/72532/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/09/25/72532/index.htmAs Voyager II ended its stunningly successful 12-year grand tour of the outer planets with its flyby of Neptune and its moon Triton (shown above), funding for America's civilian space program seems...Mon, 25 Sep 1989 04:01:00 EDT