Ion drives: Science fiction or science fact?

Science fiction movie fans know that, if you want to travel short distances from your home…

SPACE STATION AGENCY LEADERS LOOK TO THE FUTURE

Space agency leaders from the United States, Europe, Canada, Japan and Russia met Wednesday in Monterey,…

NEW AEROSPACE EXHIBIT COMMEMORATES CENTENNIAL OF FLIGHT

In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers’ landmark flight on Dec. 17, 1903,…

NASDA REPORT NO.133 NOW AVAILABLE

The Online version of the latest NASDA REPORT (No.133, 2003 July) is now available on the…

OBSERVATIONS CONFIRM OZONE LAYER RECOVERY

NASA satellite observations have provided the first evidence the rate of ozone depletion in the Earth’s…

Portrait of a doomed Sea

Earth’s youngest desert is shown in this July MERIS satellite image of the Aral Sea in…

1,000 DAYS OF HUMAN PRESENCE ON SPACE STATION

A milestone will be marked in space Tuesday, the 1,000th consecutive day of people living and…

NEXT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CREW NAMED

Veteran NASA astronaut Michael Foale and seasoned Russian cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri are set to be the…

Sign up now for new ISS Education Kit

Starting in the autumn ESA will distribute the new International Space Station Education Kit for pupils…

ESA is hot on the trail of Geminga

Astronomers using ESA’s X-ray observatory, XMM-Newton, have discovered a pair of X-ray tails, stretching 3 million…