Spacecraft Out and About, Mysteries Abound!

This Saturday evening the first of two rovers will try to bounce over rocks and roll to a safe stop on Mars. More information can be found on the NASA Mars Rover Site.

NASA will collecting dust from a comet in about four hours. The Stardust spacecraft is more than 242 million miles away from Earth and has its 'shields up' right now. Detailed information can be found at the NASA Stardust Site.

Here on Earth we have gotten used to a compass pointing North. Could that be changing? Find out more about the decreasing magnetic field of the Earth in this BBC News Story. Since time doesn't want to feel left out, it seems as if the rotation rate of the Earth has changed a bit and we haven't needed a leap second for the fifth straight year.

Science sure is fun!