Ulysses, joint-venture between European Space Agency and NASA will send its final communication on June 30, 2009. Its primary mission was to characterize the Sun and its influence on the space environment.

That's right. "Moon" music. NASA's recent moon launch and its purpose, to find H2O, inspired the project's deputy director to write and record a beautiful, rockin' song, Water on the Moon.

The US is going back to the Moon, and this time they are planning to stream HD video back to Earth. Honeywell is talking about the background systems and what to expect from the new Orion craft.