Earth from Space: image of the week

A large part of Brazil’s Amazon Basin is shown here. The area is a low-lying valley…

CHALLENGER CREW HONORED

The families of the Space Shuttle Challenger’s crew today accepted the Congressional Space Medal of Honor…

ISS Joint Statement

The space agency leaders from the United States, Russia, Japan, Europe and Canada met at the…

“SORCE” OF EARTH SUN-BLOCKERS

Scientists using measurements from NASA’s Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) satellite have discovered that Venus…

NASA TELEVISION EXPANDS REACH

NASA Television will improve coverage to viewers in Alaska and Hawaii as well as the continental…

AMSAT “Echo” Satellite to Open

AMSAT-NA’s new “Echo” satellite (AO-51) will be turned on for general use in FM repeat mode…

ISS STATUS REPORT: SS04-022

The International Space Station’s Expedition 9 crewmembers are now past the halfway point of their six-month…

Ship-sinking monster waves

Once dismissed as a nautical myth, freakish ocean waves that rise as tall as ten-storey apartment…

‘Jules Verne’ arrives at ESTEC

After a long and complicated journey by air, land and sea, the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV)…

NEW MARTIAN METEORITE FOUND IN ANTARCTICA

While rovers and orbiting spacecraft scour Mars searching for clues to its past, researchers have uncovered…