Space Technology 5 Sat launched

NASA’s Space Technology 5 successfully launched on March 22, 2006 at 9:04 a.m. EST, from Vandenberg…

SuitSat-1 still in orbit

SuitSat-1 still in orbit: Tossed into orbit three months ago from the International Space Station, SuitSat-1…

Space suit technology

The technology used in space suits to protect astronauts carrying out space walks in direct sunlight…

Soyuz missions user’s manual

Arianespace has released its first-ever user’s manual for Soyuz launches from the Spaceport in French Guiana.…

Night Views of European Seas

The Mediterranean looks better in the dark – at least in the view of an ESA-led…

Scandinavian Peninsula From Space

ESA’s Envisat captured the snow-covered Scandinavian Peninsula on 11 March, 2006. See it at: http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEMGFTNVGJE_index_0.html

The First Trillionth of a Second

Scientists peering back to the oldest light in the universe have new evidence to support the…

Pacific Height Shows La Ninia

Satellite measurements of a steep difference in sea surface height between the western and eastern tropical…

Hams Hear Voyager Spacecraft

Hams in Germany and Portugal reportedly have received signals from the US Voyager 1 spacecraft http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/…