ADVANCED RADIOISOTOPE-POWER TECHNOLOGIES R&D TEAMS SELECTED

NASA selected several radioisotope-based power-conversion technologies for research and development (R&D). The awards are the first…

DEEPEST VIEW OF SPACE YIELDS YOUNG STARS IN ANDROMEDA HALO

Relying on the deepest visible-light images ever taken in space, astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope…

“ALL SYSTEMS GO” FOR STUDENT ROCKETRY CHALLENGE

More than 1,000 students, from 100 high schools in 36 states and Washington, are gathering in…

Arianespace Flight 161 mission update

The launch vehicle for Flight 161 is rapidly taking shape at the Spaceport as preparations continue…

VP CHENEY CONGRATULATES EXPEDITION SIX CREW

Vice President Dick Cheney offered his congratulations to the International Space Station Expedition Six crew just…

ESA’s Mars Express ready for launch

Just before midnight on 2 June (23:45 local time, 19:45 CEST) a Soyuz rocket operated by…

ASTRONAUT SUGGESTS LUNAR BASES AS STEPPING STONE TO MARS, UNIVERSE

NASA Expedition 6 International Space Station Science Officer Don Pettit, KD5MDT, has suggested that NASA should…

Mercury shows its dark side

During the morning of 7 May 2003, the planet Mercury will slip across the face of…

NASDA REPORT NO.130 NOW AVAILABLE

C O N T E N T S * First Images Successfully Transmitted in DRTS-ADEOS-II Inter-satellite…

NASA OBSERVATORY TRACKING RARE SOLAR EVENT

The planet Mercury will pass in front of the sun on Wednesday, May 7 in an…