SOFTWARE OF THE YEAR AWARD

NASA selected two teams to receive the agency’s Software of the Year Award. A team from…

DEEP IMPACT

Painting by the numbers is a good description of how scientists create pictures of everything from…

Next Ariane 5 Mission

Arianespace has set September 29 as the date for its next Ariane 5 mission, which will…

CryoSat – ESA’s ice mission

If our planet is warming up, what does the future hold for Earth’s frozen Poles? ESA’s…

Belgium from Space

The green landscapes of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg ­ collectively known as Benelux ­ as…

Satellite navigation tracks rally cars

EGNOS makes the difference. This is what was demonstrated at the German round of the World…

SPIRIT ON MARS

Working atop a range of Martian hills, NASA’s Spirit rover is rewarding researchers with tempting scenes…

Breath of the Dragon

ERS-2 and Envisat reveal impact of economic growth on China’s air quality China’s spectacular economic growth…

SMART-1 views Glushko crater

This image, taken by the Advanced Moon Micro-Imager Experiment (AMIE) on board ESA’s SMART-1 spacecraft, shows…

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope entered a new era of science operations this week, when engineers shut…