“We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.”

The asteroid sample return spacecraft Hayabusa, hit by a series of hard luck over the years, has restarted its ion engines, and is headed back to Earth carrying a bit of an asteroid (probably). Learn more

Cassini’s view as it passed through the shadow of Saturn and caught a glimpse of the backlit rings and the ice moon Tethys.

Sometime between May 2003 and September 2007 an object hit the Martian atmosphere and broke up into small fragments that slammed into this plain

Recent robotic space exploration news from around the world and around the solar system:

Google Mars 3D
Cassini Thruster Swap Planned
Riding with Robots Video Featured on NPR