Columbia Failure investigation technical update

The Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) continues their work into the investigation of the accident and…

NASA EXPRESSES CONCERN AND CONDOLENCES FOR HELICOPTER CREW

NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe expressed condolences and concern for the crew of the helicopter searching for…

Entries in for design Aurora competition

The entries are now in for the Aurora student design competition: a call to graduate and…

Contract with DLR for Columbus Control Centre

On 31 March at Oberpfaffenhofen, near Munich, Germany, ESA Director of Human Spaceflight Mr Jörg Feustel-Büechl…

MYSTERIOUS ERUPTING STAR

In January 2002, a dull star in an obscure constellation suddenly became 600,000 times more luminous…

ESA Studies Missions to Safeguard the Earth

Early on the morning of 30 June 1908, the vast forest of western Siberia was illuminated…

Parabolic flights

The only way to get away from the sensation and effects of gravity is to give…

NASA SELECTS COMMERCIAL & GOVERNMENT INVENTIONS OF THE YEAR

Software technology, proven to be invaluable for law enforcement investigations, and a mathematical method received NASA’s…

SPACE OBSERVATORY TO STUDY THE OLD, THE COLD AND THE DUSTY

A NASA observatory will soon open a new window to the universe. By using infrared technology…

SEARCH FOR COLUMBIA MATERIAL PASSES HALFWAY MARK

As the search of more than 500,000 acres of primary recovery area for Space Shuttle Columbia…