NASA and student researchers at four universities combined efforts to analyze characteristics of the Earth’s atmosphere…
Month: May 2005
Dust Storms linked to health risk
Medical researchers are using satellites to track massive dust storms blowing across Africa’s Sahel belt. The…
Angolan Marburg outbreak
World Health Organisation personnel combating an Angolan outbreak of the lethal Marburg virus used high-resolution satellite-based…
X-RAY SUPER-FLARES
New results from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory about the Orion Nebula imply super-flares torched our young…
Crater Holden and Uzboi Vallis
These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft,…
SYRACUSE IIIA
France’s SYRACUSE IIIA military telecommunications satellite has arrived at the Spaceport in French Guiana and is…
SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT: S05-017
NASA’s Space Shuttle fleet is housed and processed at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Fla. Mission: STS-114…
ISS STATUS REPORT: SS05-023
Commander Sergei Krikalev and Flight Engineer John Phillips are moving full speed ahead into their Expedition…
Europe’s west coast
An Envisat observation of Europe’s west coast this week stretches from the British Isles down to…
Global Earth map
The most detailed portrait ever of the Earth’s land surface is being created with ESA’s Envisat…