NASA is sending three astronauts and a Cincinnati doctor to test new space medicine concepts and…
Month: September 2005
XMM-Newton probe
ESA’s X-ray observatory, XMM-Newton, has for the first time allowed scientists to study in detail the…
DESERT “RATS”
Meaningful exploration in the hostile environs of the moon and Mars will depend on mobility. Tough,…
ENCELADUS TIGER STRIPES
The Cassini spacecraft discovered the long, cracked features dubbed “tiger stripes” on Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus…
MARS ORBITER
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) successfully tested its main engines by making a successful trajectory adjustment…
South Polar ozone hole
This season’s Antarctic ozone hole has swollen to an area of ten million square kilometres from…
NASA HONORS HIGH FLYING SPACE PIONEERS
NASA awarded astronaut wings to three 1960’s-era test pilots. The pilots were never recognized for going…
Galileo satellite payload testing
Testing of the first Galileo satellites, which form part of what is called the Galileo System…
WEATHER FORECASTING ADVANCEMENT
NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) today outlined research that has helped to…
Launch of OICETS
The Optical Inter-orbit Communications Engineering Test Satellite (OICETS) and the Innovative Technology Demonstration Experiment Satellite (INDEX),…