The European Space Agency (ESA) and Pescarolo Sport have concluded a technology partnership agreement under which…
Month: December 2002
Completion of Initial Critical Phase of ADEOS-II (Midori-II)
The National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) confirmed that the Advanced Earth Observing Satellite II…
SPACE STATION CREW SENDS HOLIDAY GREETINGS
From on board the Space Station, the Expedition Six crew — Commander Ken Bowersox, NASA Science…
YOUNG STAR CLUSTER FOUND AGLOW WITH MYSTERIOUS CLOUD
Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory discovered a mysterious cloud of high-energy electrons enveloping a young…
New Pointing Procedures for RADARSAT-1
Saint-Hubert, December 18, 2002 – The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) temporarily discontinued RADARSAT-1 imaging operations on…
CREEPY CRAWLERS MAY UNRAVEL WEB OF PLANETARY MYSTERIES
Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, Calif., created a micro robot reminiscent of the…
Integral’s first look at the gamma-ray Universe
ESA’s gamma-ray satellite, Integral, is fully operational. Integral’s first ground-breaking images of the high-energy Universe were…
Successful Ariane launch
Just after midnight on Dec 17-18 an Ariane 4 soared into the sky above Kourou in…
ICESat/CHIPSat LAUNCH RESCHEDULED
The launch of NASA’s ICESat and CHIPSat spacecraft, aboard a Boeing Delta II expendable launch vehicle,…
Canadian Research on Bone Loss in Space
Experience and science experiments have shown that while in microgravity, astronauts can loose up to 2%…