ESA honoured with two AAAF prizes

The Association AĆ©ronautique & Astronautique de France (AAAF) has awarded two of its annual prizes to…

ISS STATUS REPORT: SS04-031

Almost two weeks of troubleshooting is paying off for the two Expedition 9 crewmembers. Today they…

SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT: S04-031

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

Watery load for Ariane 5 ECA

When the Ariane 5 ECA qualification flight lifts off in October, one of the ‘passengers’ will…

Improving wine with satellites

The wine harvest has begun in many regions of Europe. Will it be a vintage year,…

SIX MONTHS WITHOUT A SHOWER OR BATH?

NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, told students at Kingston Community School in South Australia that keeping…

Huygens test successful

ESA’s Huygens probe, now orbiting Saturn on board the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini spacecraft, is in good health…

Long Night of the Stars

“Greetings to all the people of Europe and especially tonight at the Night of the Stars…

Canada to build key component of JWST

Ottawa, September 16, 2004 – Canada will build a key component of the gigantic James Webb…

Europe’s MSG weather satellite

The first Meteosat Second Generation meteorological satellite is today in operational service as Meteosat-8. The data…