The first pieces of Space Shuttle Columbia debris, loaned to a non-governmental agency for testing and…
Month: May 2004
Beagle 2: lessons learned
The Commission of Inquiry on Beagle 2, jointly set up in February between ESA and the…
CHANDRA SEES DARK ENERGY
Astronomers have detected and probed dark energy by applying a powerful, new method that uses images…
It is awkward being in weightlessness
After Wubbo Ockels (1985), ESA astronaut André Kuipers is now the second Dutchman to know what…
TERRA SATELLITE TRACKS GLOBAL POLLUTION
Data from NASA’s Terra satellite is adding to our understanding of how pollution spreads around the…
AN AURA AROUND THE EARTH
On June 19, NASA will launch Aura, a next generation Earth-observing satellite. Aura will supply the…
ISS STATUS REPORT: SS04-009
The crew of the International Space Station (ISS) is working through its regular schedule of operations…
SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT: S04-11
The Space Shuttle fleet is housed and processed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Fla. The…
StarTiger to roar in Finland
ESA is hoping to repeat the success of its first StarTiger project. This time the venue…