The ESA Launchers Kids’ Quiz is now available in 11 European languages at: http://esamultimedia.esa.int/multimedia/gamekids/index.html More on…
Month: September 2003
GALILEO TO TASTE JUPITER BEFORE TAKING FINAL PLUNGE
In the end, the Galileo spacecraft will get a taste of Jupiter before taking a final…
Gamma-ray bursts: are we safe?
For a few seconds every day, Earth is bombarded by gamma rays created by cataclysmic explosions…
OCEAN PLANT LIFE SLOWS DOWN AND ABSORBS LESS CARBON
Plant life in the world’s oceans has become less productive since the early 1980s, absorbing less…
TILT ROTOR JOINS MUSEUM COLLECTION
The XV-15 tilt rotor aircraft today took its place in what could be called “aviation’s hall…
NATIONAL SPACE EXHIBIT BLASTS OFF
The exhibition, “SPACE: A Journey to Our Future,” touches down at Seattle’s Pacific Science Center on…
EXPLORER SCHOOLS RECRUITMENT TAKES FLIGHT
NASA has launched the application season for its NASA Explorer Schools (NES) Program. Schools from across…
ED LU VISITS ALMA MATER VIA HAM RADIO
NASA International Space Station Science Officer Ed Lu, KC5WKJ, spoke September 4 with students at Cornell…
NASDA REPORT NO.133 NOW AVAILABLE
The National Space Development Agency of Japan, online version of the latest NASDA REPORT (No.134, 2003…
Burning oil cloud above northern Iraq
A burning oil pipeline in northern Iraq produced an immense cloud of black smoke that stretched…