After a successful launch on 28 December 2005, GIOVE A began transmitting navigation signals on 12…
Month: April 2006
Satellite reveals Yellowstones deep secret
Satellite images acquired by ESA’s ERS-2 revealed the recently discovered changes in Yellowstone’s caldera are the…
THE SUN’S FAR SIDE
NASA researchers using the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft have developed a method of seeing…
STUDENTS IN ITALY, CANADA, US CHAT WITH ISS
Tuesday, March 21, was a banner day for schools in Italy, Canada and the US, when…
Satellites used to Protect Oil Rigs
Ocean FOCUS began issuing forecasts on 16 February 2006 just in time to warn oil…
Strait of Messina from Space
The Strait of Messina the narrow section of water separating the Italian Peninsula (seen on…
More Images from Daichi
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) would like to announce that image data was successfully acquired…
Solars Cycles Stronger
Scientists predict the next solar activity cycle will be 30 to 50 percent stronger than the…
Envisat hailed for contribution to Earth science
Since its launch in 2002, Envisat, the world’s largest and most sophisticated satellite ever built, has…
‘Deep impact’ of Pulsar
Astronomers have witnessed a never-seen-before event in observations by ESA’s XMM-Newton spacecraft – a collision between…