Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission – Video

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ESA preparing ‘sugar-cube’ gyro sensors for future missions

One of ESA's future Earth observation missions will monitor its orientation in space with the help…

U.S. and Canada Sign Agreement on Civil Space Cooperation

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Canadian Space Agency President Steve MacLean signed a framework agreement Wednesday…

NASA Awards SOFIA Contract Option to L-3 Communications

NASA has awarded a contract modification to L-3 Communications Integrated Systems, L.P., of Waco, Texas, for…

Veteran Astronaut Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper Leaves NASA

NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy Capt. Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper has left NASA to return to the…

Packing for the Voyage Home

In the grasp of the International Space Station's Canadarm2 robotic arm, the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module…

Sen. Mikulski Unveils First Images from Rejuvenated Hubble

Astronomers declared NASA's Hubble Space Telescope a fully rejuvenated observatory with the release Wednesday of observations…

[release] Launch Time of H-IIB Launch Vehicle with HTV Demonstration Flight Onboard

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency decided to set the launch time of the H-IIB Launch Vehicle…

Discovery to Perform Landing Tests Wednesday

On Wednesday, space shuttle Discovery's crew will peform the Flight Control System checkout and the Reaction…

BUILD-UP BEGINS FOR THE SIXTH ARIANE 5 TO BE LAUNCHED THIS YEAR

Parallel Ariane 5 launch campaigns are once again underway at the Spaceport in French Guiana as…