Arizona youngsters speak to ISS

A dozen youngsters at a charter school in Tempe, Arizona enjoyed the opportunity of a lifetime…

Portuguese wildfires

Plumes of smoke from serious wildfires across Portugal fan into the Atlantic in this Envisat satellite…

ASTRONAUT’S PASSION FOR PHOTOGRAPHY

For many years, exotic spaces from exotic places have captured the hearts of many photographers, both…

1000th comet

On 5 August 2005, the ESA/NASA SOHO spacecraft achieved an incredible milestone – the discovery of…

NEWBORN BLACK HOLES

Scientists using NASA’s Swift satellite say they have found newborn black holes, just seconds old, in…

SPACE WEATHER FORECASTS

Scientists funded by NASA have made big strides in learning how to forecast “all clear” periods,…

Galaxy 14 satellite is in orbit

Starsem and Arianespace today successfully launched the Galaxy 14 telecommunications satellite for U.S. operator PanAmSat. The…

Zambia and Zimbabwe from space

The narrow, man-made Lake Kariba, located along the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe, as seen by…

MARS MISSION LAUNCHED

A seven-month flight to Mars began August 12 for NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). It will…

Ariane 5 Record

Arianespace’s Ariane 5 Generic launcher set a new performance record on August 11 by successfully lofting…