INTERNATIONAL EARTH OBSERVATION SUMMIT

On Thursday, July 31, 2003, senior administration officials and representatives from approximately 25 nations will convene…

Deep Insights into the distant Universe

Using XMM-Newton, astronomers have obtained the world’s deepest ‘wide screen’ X-ray image of the cosmos to…

UNIQUE VIEW OF HURRICANE CLAUDETTE

International Space Station crewmembers are seeing Hurricane Claudette from a unique vantage point, 240 miles above…

Galileo taking shape

“Galileo is taking shape with every passing day. These first contracts are symbolic of Europe’s collective…

HUBBLE HELPS CONFIRM OLDEST KNOWN PLANET

Long before our Sun and Earth ever existed, a Jupiter-sized planet formed around a sun-like star.…

ISS CREW TO TALK WITH EDUCATORS

Educators will talk with orbiting International Space Station astronauts during a special conference call at NASA’s…

Astronauts still drinking Tang–or something like it

Despite some technical problems, youngsters at the Challenger Learning Center of Northwest Indiana http://pucinfo.calumet.purdue.edu/challenger_nwi/welcome.htm got answers…

MERIS ready for work

The MERIS sensor on ESA’s Envisat environmental satellite is ready for operational use by science and…

JAPANESE SPACE AGENCY TEAM INSPIRES STUDENTS

NASDA (Japan’s space agency) and NASA arranged for five Japanese students, chosen from 1,861 applicants, and…

Space Tech Helps Sun Sensitive Children

A better life is in reach for children with a rare genetic disorder that puts their…