The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has been carrying out initial operations of the “Suzaku” including…
Month: August 2005
NEXT SHUTTLE MISSION MAYBE MARCH
NASA is targeting March for the next Space Shuttle mission (STS-121). The mission will be the…
Saturns rings have own atmosphere
Data from the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini spacecraft indicate that Saturn’s majestic ring system has its own atmosphere…
China’s Typhoon Matsa
Heavy rainfall and flooding from Typhoon Matsa killed at least 12 people and caused millions of…
Record Payload into Space
On August 11 an Ariane 5G launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. On…
Magnetosphere Micro Tturbulence
Thanks to measurements by ESA’s Cluster mission, a team of European scientists have identified ‘micro’-vortices in…
STUDENT EXPERIMENTS FROM SPACE STATION
When the crew of the Space Shuttle Discovery returned today from their historic mission, they brought…
Venus Express arrives in Baikonur
Blazing hot temperatures welcomed ESA’s Venus Express spacecraft as it arrived at the Yubileiny airport of…
Siberia from space
This Proba image shows the region around Samoylov Island, located within the Lena River Delta on…
Mars Express radar collects first surface data
MARSIS, the sounding radar on board ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft, is collecting the first data about…