ISS and Ham Radio

Thirteen Japanese youngsters had the opportunity earlier this month to speak via Amateur Radio with NASA…

Telemetry Download Competition

ESA announces SSETI Express telemetry download competition: The European Space Agency (ESA) education department has announced…

Syracuse 3A Prepared

The Ariane 5 Generic launcher for Arianespace’s next mission is now in the final assembly facility…

Calling all radio amateurs

Radio amateurs worldwide are being asked to help collect data from the student-built SSETI Express satellite,…

Re-entry of SOLAR-A

According to information from the Space Surveillance Network (SSN) of the USA, the Solar X-ray Observatory…

Artificial Island

The artificial island Palm Jebel Ali shown well under construction in this Proba image. The Palm…

MOST DISTANT EXPLOSION

Scientists using NASA’s Swift satellite and several ground-based telescopes have detected the most distant explosion yet,…

Student Satellite Ready for Launch

SSETI Express, a low Earth orbit spacecraft designed and built by European university students under the…

CryoSat: the ice edge holds the key

Until now satellites have not been able to monitor melting of ice at the very point…

The Biblis Patera volcano

These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft,…