Arianespace lofts three satellites with Ariane 5

Arianespace logged a triple success Sept. 27 on Flight 162, when an Ariane 5G orbited India’s…

SMART-1 leaves Earth

SMART-1, Europe’s first science spacecraft designed to orbit the Moon, has completed the first part of…

INTERNET BROADBAND SATELLITE LAUNCHED

Eutelsat’s new satellite marks a milestone for building broadband in Europe. Paris, Kourou, September 27, 2003…

NASA MARKS 45 YEARS OF EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY

Immerse yourself in an interactive exploration of NASA’s greatest achievements and challenges, as we mark the…

WEBCASTS FEATURE SCIENTISTS ON A “MARS MISSION”

NASA and Spanish scientists, who are developing ways to drill into Mars in search of underground…

Future weather satellite activities unveiled

ESA intends to build on its quarter-century of experience constructing and flying weather satellites with new…

HAWAII SCHOOL CONTACT MARKS 115TH ARISS QSO

Students from second grade through high school at Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii, quizzed NASA International…

ZARM Drop Tower becomes ESA External Facility

The European Space Agency is to declare the “Zentrum für Angewandte Raumfahrt Microgravitation” ZARM Drop Tower…

Envisat radar tracks river levels worldwide

For over a decade ESA has used satellites to bounce radar pulses off the Earth and…

Baby satellites

ESA’s second microsatellite, Proba-2, is under development for a launch early in 2006. Like Proba-1, in…