Anniversary of the birth of Christiaan Huygens

On 14 April 1629, 375 years ago, the Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens was born. ESA’s probe…

SCIENTISTS TO WORK TOGETHER WHILE MILES APART

For the first time, researchers thousands of miles away can study laboratory specimens by remotely operating…

Global Warming Still Unproven

Is our world really heating up? Scientists are turning to Earth’s oceans to provide a scientifically…

HISTORIC SPACE FLIGHTS

April 12 is a great day in the history of spaceflight, marking the 43rd anniversary of…

ISS STATUS REPORT: SS04-05

Work to prepare for the eighth International Space Station crew exchange continued on schedule on the…

ISS STATUS REPORT: SS04-04

April 9, 2004 Three weeks remain in the six-month voyage aboard the International Space Station for…

ESA astronaut docks with ISS

The DELTA mission, with European Space Agency astronaut André Kuipers from the Netherlands, and the ISS…

GRAVITY PROBE B MISSION LAUNCHES

The NASA space vehicle designed to test two important predictions of Albert Einstein’s Theory of General…

Soyuz heading to ISS

The DELTA mission, with European Space Agency astronaut André Kuipers, and the ISS Expedition 9 crew…

HAM RADIO’S ROLE IN DISTANT SPACE TRAVEL

The Elser-Mathes Cup, sitting idle for more than 75 years, is intended to mark the occasion…