Mouth of the mighty Yangtze

The coloured waters shown here in this 23 March Envisat Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) image…

INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION STATUS REPORT

The oxygen-producing Elektron unit aboard the Space Station continues to function well, as it has since…

SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT

The Space Shuttle fleet is housed and processed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Fla. NASA…

URBAN LAND USE VIA SATELLITE

According to NASA-funded researchers, developed land in the greater Washington-Baltimore metropolitan area is projected to increase…

SMART-1 mission update

ESA’s SMART-1 spacecraft has just made its 250th orbit, in good health and with all functions…

LAND COVER CHANGES AFFECT CLIMATE ?

While climate may be impacted by carbon dioxide emissions, aerosols and other factors, a new study…

Successful testing of Jules Verne videometer

For the first time, the ‘videometer’ (VDM), a new technology device to ensure very precise automatic…

Europe and Russia: partners in human spaceflight

Fifteen years of fruitful cooperation in human spaceflight activities between Russia and the European Space Agency…

Orbiting Hurricane Hunter back in action

After a three-year gap, the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts is again routinely assimilating data…

X-43A VEHICLE READY FOR FLIGHT

NASA has set Saturday, March 27 for the flight of the experimental X-43A research vehicle. The…