Once again Henri Pescarolo chose advanced space technology to make his Le Mans racer lighter and…
Month: April 2005
GENESIS SCIENCE COLLECTORS
Scientists have closely examined four Genesis spacecraft collectors, vital to the mission’s top science objective, and…
ERS-2’s mission continues
Ten years and 52 289 orbits on from its launch, the Earth Observation mission of ESA’s…
ALIEN ASTEROID BELT
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has spotted what may be the dusty spray of asteroids banging together…
Photo Contest Winners
ESA received more than 45 fascinating images from Canada, USA, Europe and Africa during last month’s…
Antarctic ice tongue
Maps of Antarctica need to be amended. The long-awaited collision between the vast B-15A iceberg and…
CryoSat validation
The northernmost part of the Baltic Sea, between Finland and Sweden, recently provided an ideal location…
Lunar Peaks of Eternal Light
ESA’s SMART-1 mission to the Moon has been monitoring the illumination of lunar poles since the…
Soyuz arrives at the ISS
ESA PR 21-2005. The Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft carrying European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori on the…
Nile Delta from Space
The fertile green territory of Egypt’s Nile Delta provides a notable contrast to the bare desert…