Heavy clouds near the Kennedy Space Center forced NASA to call off Sunday’s launch of the…
Month: July 2009
NASA Awards Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor Contract
NASA has awarded a contract to the University of Colorado at Boulder's Laboratory for Atmospheric and…
NASA Names College Winners In Supersonic Design Contest
Eight college students have summer jobs at NASA this year, thanks to their participation in a…
Canadian astronaut Payette to blast off Saturday
If the weather co-operates, Canadian astronaut Julie Payette will make history Saturday as she blasts into…
Massive supernova occurred 11 billion years ago
Astronomers on Wednesday said they had found the farthest supernova ever detected, a giant star that…
Europe launches study into manned spacecraft scheme
The European Space Agency (ESA) said it had taken an important first step in a tentative…
EUTELSAT COMMUNICATIONS EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS OF 6 JULY 2009
The Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL), one of the world’s…
New NASA Satellite Survey Reveals Dramatic Arctic Sea Ice Thinning
Arctic sea ice thinned dramatically between the winters of 2004 and 2008, with thin seasonal ice…
NASA Research to Help Aircraft Avoid Ocean Storms, Turbulence
NASA is funding the development of a prototype system to provide aircraft with updates about severe…
U.S. manned space flight in doubt 40 years after moon walk
U.S. ambitions to send astronauts back to the moon as a prelude to missions to Mars…