Space Shuttle Discovery’s cargo includes the Italian-built logistics module Leonardo, which will carry 11 large racks…
Month: June 2006
Allan Carswell, Lidar Pioneer Honoured
In recognition of his exceptional contribution to the Canadian Space Program, Dr. Allan Carswell has been…
First Images from CloudSat
The first images from NASA’s new CloudSat satellite are already revealing never-before-seen 3-D details about clouds.…
Hubble captures a ‘quintuple’ quasar
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured the first-ever picture of a distant quasar lensed into…
Proba-2
Proba-2, currently under development and due for launch in September 2007, is the second in ESA’s…
Columbus arrives in Florida
After a journey that started at the weekend, the European Columbus laboratory arrived at NASA’s Kennedy…
Scientists in the classrooms
The youth of today are the leaders of tomorrow. Nurturing an interest for lifelong learning, especially…
High School Aeronautics Research
High school students shared their vision of the future of air transportation with NASA researchers working…
World fire maps online
For a decade now, ESA satellites have been continuously surveying fires burning across the Earth’s surface.…
Flood and Landslide Detection from Space
Using NASA’s advanced Earth-observing satellites, scientists have discovered a new opportunity to build early detection systems…