On May 24 another pair of Galileo satellites will be launched from Europe’s spaceport in French…
Month: May 2016
Mars in opposition 2016
This image shows our neighbouring planet Mars, as it was observed shortly before opposition in 2016…
Earth from Space: Rub’ al Khali Desert
Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. The one…
Rub al Khali
Rolling sand dunes in the expansive Rub’ al Khali desert on the southern Arabian Peninsula are…
NASA Satellite Data Shows Rapid Recovery for Some California Forests Despite Drought
NASA researchers have found that years of California's drought conditions have not slowed the regrowth of…
25th anniversary of first UK astronaut
On May 20, 1991 Britain’s first astronaut Helen Sharman GB1MIR arrived on the Mir Space Station.…
May 19, 2000, Early Morning Liftoff of Atlantis on STS-101 Mission
Flames from the solid rocket boosters lit up the clouds of smoke and steam trailing behind…
May 19, 2000, Early Morning Liftoff of Atlantis on STS-101 Mission
Flames from the solid rocket boosters lit up the clouds of smoke and steam trailing behind…
Catching sun glitter
This image was taken by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite on 1 October 2015. It shows how…
One year after its launch, the purpose of a secret U.S. space plane remains a mystery
The most recent military spacecraft was originally supposed to stay in orbit for about 200 days…