Since Tuesday 28 October, explosive events originating from the Sun have been bathing the Earth and…
Month: October 2003
MINIATURE BIOLOGICAL LABS FOR USE IN SPACE
NASA is adapting tiny laboratories embedded in compact discs (CDs) to conduct biological tests aboard the…
Enormous X-ray solar flare seen by SOHO
The third most powerful solar X-ray flare on record, a remarkable X17.2 category explosion, erupted from…
SPACE STATION CREW CAPTURES UNIQUE VIEW OF CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES
The wildfires ravaging southern California are even impressive from 240 miles above the Earth. NASA astronaut…
COLUMBIA ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION BOARD REPORT ON-LINE
Volumes II-VI of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) report are available on-line. These volumes contain…
Lost in space
In a tidy house or office with a clean floor you can see immediately if someone…
Cervantes mission concludes with Soyuz TMA-2 landing
ESA astronaut Pedro Duque from Spain landed in the command module of the Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft…
AMSAT OSCAR ECHO TO LAUNCH IN MARCH
AMSAT-North America http://www.amsat.org/ has announced that launch of the AMSAT OSCAR-E Amateur Radio microsat–the “Echo Project”–has…
SOLAR FLARE ACTIVITY DURING SPACE STATION MISSION
All systems remain go for a return to Earth Monday for the seventh International Space Station…
TWO-HAM CREW ON SPACE STATION
The new two-ham crew of Expedition 8 Commander and NASA ISS Science Officer Mike Foale, KB5UAC,…