NASA’s first trip to Mercury in 30 years — and the closest look ever at the…
Month: July 2004
End of Tropical Rainfall measuring Mission
The Tropical Rainfall measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite, launched on 28 November 1997 by H-II launch vehicle…
AO-51 SATELLITE WORK CONTINUES
Work continues to commission AMSAT-NA’s recently launched “Echo” satellite–now known as AO-51–for general amateur use. Primary…
The Risk From Near-Earth Objects
On 9 July 2004, the Near-Earth Object Mission Advisory Panel recommended that ESA place a high…
AURA LAUNCHED
Aura, a mission dedicated to the health of the Earth’s atmosphere, successfully launched on July 15,…
Saturn’s moon Iapetus
Below is a link to a ‘raw’, or unprocessed, image of Saturn’s ‘yin-yang’ moon Iapetus taken…
AUTONOMOUS RENDEZVOUS SPACECRAFT
The Demonstration for Autonomous Rendezvous Technology (DART) flight demonstrator, a spacecraft developed to prove technologies to…
Telemedicine via satellite
ESA is one step nearer to establishing a Telemedicine via Satellite Programme thanks to a constructive…
ASTRONAUT CHATS WITH TURKISH STUDENTS
NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, onboard the International Space Station, answered questions from students at Space…
Night of the Astronauts
As part of German Space Day activities, ESA is organising a ‘gala’ night on 17 September…