The entries are now in for the Aurora student design competition: a call to graduate and…
Year: 2003
Contract with DLR for Columbus Control Centre
On 31 March at Oberpfaffenhofen, near Munich, Germany, ESA Director of Human Spaceflight Mr Jörg Feustel-Büechl…
MYSTERIOUS ERUPTING STAR
In January 2002, a dull star in an obscure constellation suddenly became 600,000 times more luminous…
ESA Studies Missions to Safeguard the Earth
Early on the morning of 30 June 1908, the vast forest of western Siberia was illuminated…
Parabolic flights
The only way to get away from the sensation and effects of gravity is to give…
NASA SELECTS COMMERCIAL & GOVERNMENT INVENTIONS OF THE YEAR
Software technology, proven to be invaluable for law enforcement investigations, and a mathematical method received NASA’s…
SPACE OBSERVATORY TO STUDY THE OLD, THE COLD AND THE DUSTY
A NASA observatory will soon open a new window to the universe. By using infrared technology…
SEARCH FOR COLUMBIA MATERIAL PASSES HALFWAY MARK
As the search of more than 500,000 acres of primary recovery area for Space Shuttle Columbia…
Pasteur to Search for Life on Mars
Are we alone, or is there life beyond Earth? Has life ever existed on Mars? The…
LONG-TERM PLANNING PROCESS FOR SPACE SHUTTLE
NASA is taking new steps to ensure Space Shuttles fly safely into the future. Last week,…