2001 Images

Starshine Deployed

In the cargo bay of Endeavor can be seen the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's MACH-1 pallet. At the forward starboard corner of the pallet can be seen the Starshine 2 satellite peeking out of its Hitchhiker canister. Starshine 2 was successfully deployed from Endeavor into its own orbit at 10:04 A.M. EST on Sunday, December 16, 2001.

16 December 2001

A Dying Comet's Kin May Have Nourished Life on Earth

17 May 2001

Just Another Solar Flare

Sun Takes Another Solar Shot, This Time At Earth

10 April 2001

Superflare!

Sun Unleashes Record Superflare, Earth Dodges Solar Bullet

03 April 2001

Star Formation Ashes

Two More X-Ray Pulsars Found Crowding Neighboring Galaxy May Be "Ashes" From a Burst of Star Formation

04 April 2001

Solar Spots

A huge sunspot as big as the surface area of thirteen Earths making it the biggest to appear in ten years.  For larger image and more information click here.

30 March 2001

Solar Heartbeat

Listening to the Sun-- Solar Heartbeat Used to Unravel Star's Mysteries

21 February 2001

Dusty Donut in Space

  New Technology Yields Closest-Ever View of the Dusty Donut Around a Young Star and a Surprise Companion

21 February 2001

Take a Virtual Spin Around the Eros Asteroid

For more information about, and images and animations of Eros, click here.

31 January 2001

Astronomers Map Out Largest Structure in Distant Universe - Click for press release and images

08 January 2001

Hitchhiker Anniversary

January 12, 2001 is the 15th Anniversary of the first Hitchhiker Program flight. Congratulations to the Shuttle Small Payloads Project Office!  Visit the Hitchhiker website at:
http://sspp.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 

Newborn Star

A Newborn Star Offers a View to Our Past