The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe regarding Saturday’s successful landing of the…
NASA SPACECRAFT HAS SHIELDS UP
T-minus 48 hours and counting to a historic rendezvous, NASA’s Stardust spacecraft has officially entered a…
Mars Express scheduled orbit change successful
ON 12/30/2003 at 09:00 CET, the first European mission to Mars registered another operational success. The…
Arianespace/Starsem Flight ST12 success
Arianespace/Starsem Flight ST12 successfully placed Israel’s AMOS 2 telecommunications satellite into geostationary transfer orbit on Sunday,…
Chinese satellite successfully launched
On 29 December, the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) successfully launched TC-1, the first of two…
ION ENGINE DESIGN PASSES TEST
A team of engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif, successfully tested a new ion…
BLACK SOOT AND SNOW: A WARMER COMBINATION
New research from NASA scientists suggests emissions of black soot alter the way sunlight reflects off…
Satellites Search for Ebola
As a new outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever strikes northwestern Congo, ESA is set to gather…
SANTA HAS COMPANY IN THE CHRISTMAS SKY
Santa will have company in the sky above most U.S. cities on Christmas Eve. The International…
Mars Express releases Beagle 2
This morning, ESA’s Mars Express flawlessly released the Beagle 2 lander that it has been carrying…