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December 30, 2004 Cassini Caps off 2004 With Flyby of Icy Moon IapetusNASA's Cassini spacecraft is set to cap off 2004 with an encounter of Saturn's ying-yang moon Iapetus (eye-APP-eh-tuss) on New Year's Eve. |
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December 29, 2004 JPL/Caltech Float Set to Launch on Rose Parade MissionA towering 50-foot robot from JPL and Caltech will thrill throngs of parade-goers on New Year's Day. |
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December 28, 2004 Cassini Mission Status ReportNASA's Cassini spacecraft successfully performed a getaway maneuver on Monday, Dec. 27, to keep it from following the European Space Agency's Huygens probe into the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan. |
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December 24, 2004 Cassini Mission Status ReportThe European Space Agency's Huygens probe successfully detached from NASA's Cassini orbiter today to begin a three-week journey to Saturn's moon Titan. |
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December 21, 2004 European Space Agency's Huygens Probe Set to Detach From Cassini OrbiterThe highlights of the first year of the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn can be broken into two chapters: first, the arrival of the Cassini orbiter at Saturn in June, and second, the release of the Huygens probe on Dec. 24, 2004, on a path toward Titan. |
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December 21, 2004 Aging Universe May Still be Spawning Massive GalaxiesNASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer has spotted what appear to be massive "baby" galaxies in our corner of the universe. Previously, astronomers thought the universe's birth rate had dramatically declined and only small galaxies were forming. |
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December 16, 2004 Cassini Shows Before And After Look At Saturn's Moon TitanCassini's second close flyby of Titan completes a 'before' and 'after' look at the fuzzy moon and provides the first direct evidence of changing weather patterns in the skies over Titan. |
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December 14, 2004 NASA'S Aura Satellite Sheds new Light On Air Quality and Ozone HoleNASA scientists announced the agency's Aura spacecraft is providing the first daily, direct global measurements of low-level ozone and many other pollutants affecting air quality. |
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December 14, 2004 NASA Selects Investigations for the Mars Science LaboratoryNASA has selected eight proposals to provide instrumentation and associated science investigations for the mobile Mars Science Laboratory rover, scheduled for launch in 2009. Proposals selected today were submitted to NASA in response to an announcement of opportunity released in April. |
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December 14, 2004 NASA Set to Launch First Comet Impact ProbeLaunch and flight teams are in final preparations for the planned Jan. 12, 2005, liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., of NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft. |
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December 13, 2004 Cassini Mission Status ReportThe Cassini spacecraft completed a successful rendezvous with Saturn's moon Titan today. |
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December 13, 2004 Mars Rovers Spot Water-Clue Mineral, Frost, CloudsScientists have identified a water-signature mineral called goethite in bedrock that the NASA's Mars rover Spirit examined in the "Columbia Hills," one of the mission's surest indicators yet for a wet history on Spirit's side of Mars. |
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December 9, 2004 Spitzer and Hubble Capture Evolving Planetary SystemsTwo of NASA's Great Observatories, the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope, have provided astronomers an unprecedented look at dusty planetary debris around stars the size of our Sun. |
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December 8, 2004 JPL Community Mourns Loss of Three ColleaguesLeadership of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory expressed their deep concern today after a vanpool accident that took the life of three riders and injured several others. |
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December 3, 2004 Cassini Captures Saturn Moon Red-HandedStealing is a crime on Earth, but at Saturn, apparently it is routine. The Cassini spacecraft has witnessed Saturn's moon Prometheus snatching particles from one of Saturn's rings. |
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Kepler's First Views |
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JPL Open House: May 2 & 3 |
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Parachute Test for Mars |
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Eyes on the Earth 3D |
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Cool Stars |
All 2004 releases
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