Astronaut James H. Newman waves during a spacewalk preparing for release of the first combined elements…
Year: 2013
New Solar Instrument Completes Successful Launch
An instrument on the U.S. Air Force's Space Test Program Satellite-3 (STPSat-3) that measures the sun's…
Iceberg away
Technology image of the week: Proba-2's mini-camera catches iceberg drifting from Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier
Proba-2 view of Pine Island Glacier iceberg
The smallest camera on one of ESA’s smallest satellites caught this image of a giant iceberg…
NASA Launches Next Generation PhoneSat, Ames-Developed Launch Adapter
A second-generation smartphone cubesat as well as a nanosatellite deployment system, launched into space Tuesday from…
Earth Explorer Programme
In just four years, ESA’s three Earth Explorer satellites, SMOS, GOCE and CryoSat, have greatly advanced…
NASA Advances Effort to Launch Astronauts Again from U.S. Soil to Space Station
NASA took another step Tuesday to restore an American capability to launch astronauts from U.S. soil…
NASA Tests Space Launch System Autopilot Technology on F/A-18 Jet
NASA has completed the first tests with an F/A-18 research jet to evaluate the autonomous flight…