Cornell University – Spaceflight Now

December 13, 2019

Breaking News

[ December 12, 2019 ] NASA gives go-ahead for Starliner test flight to space station Atlas 5
[ December 12, 2019 ] Rocket Lab to debut Virginia launch pad with U.S. Air Force mission next year Mission Reports
[ December 11, 2019 ] Blue Origin launches New Shepard on 12th test flight Mission Reports
[ December 11, 2019 ] Russia adds new satellite to Glonass navigation fleet Mission Reports
[ December 11, 2019 ] India’s 50th PSLV lifts off with satellites from five nations Mission Reports

NASA declares Opportunity rover dead after 15 years on Mars

February 13, 2019

Eight months after last hearing from the Opportunity rover, NASA officials announced the end of the craft’s 15-year mission Wednesday, closing out an ambitious chapter of Mars exploration that proved the Red Planet once harbored running water and demonstrated the promise of mobile robotic scouts to survey other worlds.

Q&A with Jonathan Lunine on Enceladus’ prospects for life

October 27, 2015

On the eve of the Cassini spacecraft’s deepest pass through the polar plumes of Enceladus, Spaceflight Now’s Stephen Clark spoke with Jonathan Lunine, a member of the mission’s science team from Cornell University, about what he hopes to learn from the encounter.