After two failures, Boeing can't afford to wait too much longer for a new launch customer. NASA's Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft has captured a lovely view of a bright, heart-shaped mesa in the south polar region of the red planet. Endeavour Blasts Off Space shuttle Endeavour and a crew of six roared into orbit Friday on a long-delayed mission to create the finest map of Earth ever produced. The Mars Polar Lander flight team has ended all attempts to regain communications with the spacecraft. The purchase would make Boeing the world's largest satellite manufacturer.
Analysts call it a logical fit.
SeaWinds Mission Status NASA's orbiting SeaWinds radar instrument, circling Earth's poles at an altitude of about 500 miles, is in excellent health and continues to collect high quality science data despite a minor problem earlier this month with its inertial reference gyros. Mars Polar Lander Mission Status Flight controllers for Mars Polar Lander are continuing to Hubble repairs Photo of astronauts making repairs to the Hubble telescope. The night launch from Space Launch Complex 576 East at Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA, began a five-year science mission. The rocket transport ship MV Delta Mariner was launched from the banks of the Pascagoula, Mississippi on Dec. 15. Space shuttle Discovery's mission to rescue the Hubble Space Telescope is on hold as NASA debates what to do about a badly dented fuel line.