The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) are justifiably proud of their latest achievement. In an historic event, the Indian space program managed to place the Indian tricolour on the Moon’s surface on November 14, 2008, anniversary of the birth of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, India'sfirst Prime Minister. The Indian flag was painted on the sides of the Moon Impact Probe (MIP), one of the 11 payloads of Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, that successfully hit the lunar surface 8:31 pm IST. This is the... Read Full Story

Space shuttle Endeavour and the STS-126 crew arrived at the International Space Station at 5:01 PM EST Sunday, delivering equipment and supplies and a new crew member to the orbital outpost. The hatches between the station and shuttle opened at 7:16 PM. Expedition 18 welcomed the STS-126 crew members inside the Harmony Node. Post-docking activities included a crew member exchange. Sandra Magnus, who arrived aboard Endeavour, swapped Soyuz seatliners with station astronaut Greg Chamitoff at 9... Read Full Story

Endeavour's STS-126 mission will carry to space about 32,000 pounds, which includes supplies and equipment necessary to double the crew size from three to six members in spring 2009. The new station cargo includes additional sleeping quarters, a second toilet, a water reclamation system and a resistance exercise device. The mission's four planned spacewalks primarily will focus on servicing the station's two Solar Alpha Rotary Joints, which allow the outpost's solar arrays to track the sun... Read Full Story

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken the first visible-light snapshot of a planet circling another star. Estimated to be no more than three times Jupiter's mass, the planet, called Fomalhaut b, orbits the bright southern star Fomalhaut, located 25 light-years away in the constellation Piscis Australis, or the "Southern Fish." Fomalhaut has been a candidate for planet hunting ever since an excess of dust was discovered around the star in the early 1980s by NASA's Infrared Astronomy... Read Full Story

NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has ceased communications after operating for more than five months. As anticipated, seasonal decline in sunshine at the robot's arctic landing site is not providing enough sunlight for the solar arrays to collect the power necessary to charge batteries that operate the lander's instruments. Mission engineers last received a signal from the lander on Nov. 2. Phoenix, in addition to shorter daylight, has encountered a dustier sky, more clouds and colder... Read Full Story

STS-126 has been planned for years with a mission to give the International Space Station the ability to support twice the crew currently living there. This 27th shuttle mission to the International Space Station (and 124th shuttle mission) is currently a "go" for a 7:55 PM EST launch on Nov. 14, 2008. Meanwhile, Cosmic Log writer, Alan Boyle, asks "How safe is the shuttle?" President Elect Barack Obama, as well as his former opponent John McCain, has called on NASA to consider flying the... Read Full Story

Cassini Imaging Team Leader, Carolyn Porco, happily reports one more major milestone in the remarkable Cassini adventure. Cassini took another bold dip over the south pole of Enceladus providing another opportunity for imaging the moon 'on the fly' bringing another bounty of positively glorious views of one of the most fabulous places in the solar system. The next flyby of Enceladus is not for another year. The sun will be disappearing from the south pole throughout that time, so that by... Read Full Story

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is back in business. Just a couple of days after the orbiting observatory was brought back online, Hubble aimed its prime working camera, the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2), at a particularly intriguing target, a pair of gravitationally interacting galaxies called Arp 147. The image demonstrated that the camera is working exactly as it was before going offline, thereby scoring a "perfect 10" both for performance and beauty. The two galaxies happen to be... Read Full Story

I've found what I want for Christmas. Incredible Adventures gives you a chance to experience life like an astronaut or cosmonaut. From the ultimate adventure aboard the International Space Station to a fun, if sedate, visit to one of the premier air and space museums in the world, you just may find your adventure here: Orbital Training Take your own history-making first step - by becoming one of the first tourists in the world to apply to Russia's Cosmonaut Training Program. Suborbital... Read Full Story

How much do you support space exploration and space travel? Wear your pride for the world to see. Check out some fashions with a space sense. , here are some things for you to consider. We've broken them down in this report, including: Size Need Options Extremes Other Considerations Whether you want to start your infant off right with a healthy respect for space exploration or you're looking for a costume for your next party, you should be able to find what you need here. So, if you're... Read Full Story