Tomato Seeds and Rocket Ships

Ottawa, Nov. 10, 2003 /CNW/ – Mauril Bélanger, MP for Ottawa-Vanier, on behalf of Allan Rock,…

The affordable Cosmic Vision

At its 105th meeting, ESA’s Science Programme Committee (SPC) has made important decisions concerning the Cosmic…

COSMIC EXPLORERS NAMED “BEST OF WHAT’S NEW”

Two recently launched NASA missions won “Best of What’s New” awards from Popular Science magazine. The…

Are you ready for Mars?

ESA’s Mars Express probe is scheduled to arrive at Mars at Christmas: the Beagle 2 lander…

Lunar Eclipse Photo from Florida

The editor presents his personal photo of the Lunar Eclipse. This was taken with a 80-210…

The biggest solar X-ray flare ever is classified as X28

It has been announced that the massive solar X-ray flare which occurred on 4 November was,…

SUCCESSFUL PAD ABORT DEMO

A launch pad abort test vehicle, being designed in support of NASA’s Orbital Space Plane (OSP)…

Next ISS flight named DELTA

The Dutch Ministers of Economical Affairs and of Education, Culture and Science have announced the mission…

Searching for planets with life

This animation shows how ESA plans to search for Earth-like planets in other solar systems, with…

NASA CELEBRATES SKYLAB ANNIVERSARY

Eight NASA astronauts who lived and worked on Skylab, America’s first space station, will celebrate the…