Space technology hits the slopes

Using technology from Europe’s space program ski maker Rossignol hopes to beat the world speed skiing…

TWO STORMS CAUGHT IN THE ACT ON SATURN

Three months before Saturn arrival, the Cassini spacecraft caught two storms in the act of merging…

Cassini-Huygens view of Saturn

As the NASA/ESA Cassini-Huygens spacecraft closes in on Saturn, its view is growing sharper and now…

NASA PROVES SCRAMJETS WORK

NASA’s successful X-43A hypersonic research aircraft flight resulted in a treasure trove of scramjet data. The…

SOHO sees its 750th comet

On 22 March 2004, the ESA/NASA SOHO solar observatory spacecraft discovered its 750th comet since its…

MARS SUCCESS HONORED AT DISNEY WORLD

NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe joins NASA scientists, mission managers and a Mars rover today to help…

ISS STATUS REPORT SS04-003

Plans for the next crew rotation on the International Space Station are on schedule this week,…

SHUTTLE TECHNOLOGY HELPS CHILDREN’S HEARTS

The same technology that powers the Space Shuttle into orbit may now help children, thanks to…

Tectonic region on Mars

These Mars Express images show Claritas Fossae, an ancient tectonic region on Mars, west of Solis…

SPACECRAFT TO TEST EINSTEIN THEORY

A NASA spacecraft designed to test two important predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity…