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Hubble Mission is a Success! The shuttle Atlantis astronauts completed repairs on the Hubble Telescope on Monday, May 18th. They were able to make all of the repairs needed, from adding new cameras to battery replacement and have outfitted the venerable telescope for another five to ten years. For information on this amazing mission visit Mission to Hubble. Planet Hunter Successfully Launches NASA's Kepler spacecraft, the first mission with the ability to detect Earth-like planets, launched at 10:49 pm EST on Friday, March 6th. Kepler will observe a section of space that contains about 100,000 stars like our sun for 3.5 years, watching for slight dimming as planets pass between their stars and Kepler. For more information visit mission pages. New Moon found The Cassini orbiter discovered Saturn's 61st moon on March 3rd, embedded in the very faint G ring. Prior to the discovery, the G ring was the only dusty ring not associated with a moon, which was unusual. Images can be found at CICLOPS (Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for Central Operations). Five Years on Mars - Spirit & Opportunity Originally designed to function for three months, the incredible Mars Rovers, Spirit & Opportunity are now celebrating their fifth year on the Red Planet. Spirit landed first, on January 3, 2004; Opportunity landed three weeks later, on January 25, 2004. The two rovers found clear and conclusive evidence that Mars was drenched with water at some time in its history. More than any other craft, the rovers brought Mars to Earth. For more information visit NASA. It's Snowing on Mars NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander detected snow falling from Martian clouds in late September. The snow, which was the first ever detected on Mars, vaporized before it hit the ground. A laser instrument detected the snow about 2.5 miles (4 km) above the spacecraft. For more information, visit NASA. Surface liquid found on Titan On July 30th, scientists announced that at least one of the lakes observed on Saturn's moon Titan is liquid - the only other body in the solar system besides Earth known to have surface liquid. Titan's lakes are made of hydrocarbons and ethane has been detected. Titan's surface temperature is 300 degrees below zero Fahrenheit - far too cold for liquid water. For more information, visit NASA. At Phlare, we explore the marvels of the solar system and the rest of the vast universe through cool, interactive & highly educational products. Do you get excited about telescopes and stars and planets? Do you wonder about the universe - where we came from and where we're going? Do you think the future belongs to the stars? We built Phlare because we know there are people out there who love space as much as we do. Welcome to Phlare.com – inspiration & education through imagery! |Cool Products| |Cool Links| |Fun Stuff| |Who is Phlare?| |Contact Us| |
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