Global Check of Methane Emissions

The SCIAMACHY sensor aboard Envisat has performed the first space-based measurements of the global distribution of…

Satellite-assisted bird preservation

In the forests of the Haute-Savoy region of the French Alps, a Swiss biologist forces his…

BETTER WEATHER INFORMATION

NASA is bringing better weather information to pilots and forecasters with the help of airborne sensors…

Vega on track for 2007

There are only three years to go until the first launch of a new European launcher…

Double Volcanic Eruption

Acquired from orbit 800 kilometres away, this Envisat image shows two volcanoes erupting simultaneously on Russia’s…

Space Litter

Littering the galactic highway and a curious International Space Station (ISS) “tilt” phenomenon were among topics…

Canada in space: in the service of humanity

Last Fall, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) inaugurated an interactive display module in honour of the…

SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT: S05-001

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

HEAVIEST STARS IN THE GALAXY

Astronomers have taken an important step toward establishing an upper limit to the masses of stars.…

Moonrise above the Pacific

During lits Earth-skimming fly-by, Rosetta’s Navigation Cameras captured images looking down and ahead. While cloud formations,…