It is doubtful whether engineers working on the accelerometers used in Ariane launchers envisaged that one…
Earths gravity scar
A new ESA study predicts that the devastating Sumatran earthquake, which resulted in the tragic tsunami…
SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT: S05-016
NASA’s Space Shuttle fleet is housed and processed at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Fla. Discovery (OV-103)…
Deep Impact
Sixty-nine days before it gets up-close-and-personal with a comet, NASA’s Deep Impact spacecraft successfully photographed its…
Space Chat Record
As he wrapped up his last successful Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) school…
Neutron Stars
Thanks to data from ESA’s XMM-Newton spacecraft, European astronomers have observed for the first time rotating…
Hubble celebrates 15th
In the 15 years that the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has orbited Earth, it has taken…
Soyuz TMA-5 landing
The Eneide mission to the International Space Station (ISS) has come to a successful end with…
Vancouver and Seattle from space
Vancouver and Seattle, the two major port cities of the American Pacific Northwest, nestle in sheltered…
HUBBLE’S 15th ANNIVERSARY
During the 15 years NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has orbited the Earth, it has taken more…