International Space Station astronaut Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, enjoyed his time operating during the 2004 ARRL Field…
Month: July 2004
Listening to Vega
On a humid day in June, with a temperature similar to that at Europe’s Spaceport in…
UNDER WATER TO STUDY OUTER SPACE
Four NASA crewmembers will look to the deep seas this month to help prepare for journeys…
EGNOS, the first European satellite navigation system
Italy takes on a prominent role in European satellite navigation with the opening on 13 July…
FUEL-TANK SAFETY SYSTEM TESTED
An aircraft normally used to transport the Space Shuttle has been pressed into service to test…
Titan’s surface revealed
Piercing the layer of smog enshrouding Titan, these images from the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens spacecraft reveal an…
ISS STATUS REPORT: SS04-019
The International Space Station (ISS) is again operating with three of its four control gyroscopes, thanks…
Mapping the Galaxy
One of ESA’s most ambitious current projects has the aim of compiling the most precise map…
FIRST 3-D VIEW OF SOLAR ERUPTIONS
NASA-funded scientists have created the first three-dimensional (3-D) view of massive solar eruptions called Coronal Mass…
ISS STATUS REPORT: SS04-018
The second time is the charm for two International Space Station (ISS) spacewalkers. Thursday night the…