Twenty years ago, on October 5, 1984, Marc Garneau became the first Canadian to travel into…
Month: October 2004
MARS DRILL
It will be drilling for information first, then for resources, though oil is not likely to…
NASA SALUTES SPACESHIPONE
NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe congratulated the SpaceShipOne team on the second successful flight of a human…
Underwater Remote Robotic Surgical Mission
Dr. Dave Williams, Canadian Space Agency astronaut and mission commander will lead a 10-day undersea mission,…
KILLER KISSING BUGS ATTACK
In the midst of crammed slums in the Nicaraguan district of Matagalpa, aid workers are hunting…
Conjunction Over, Mars Express Active
For mission controllers, a solar conjunction means that a spacecraft, the Sun and the Earth are…
NASA SELECTS INNOVATIVE SMALL BUSINESS PROJECTS
NASA has selected 125 research proposals for negotiation of Phase 2 contract awards for NASA’s 2003…
SMART-1 celebrates its first year in space
One year after its launch on 27 September 2003, the SMART-1 spacecraft is in excellent health…
ASTRONAUT GORDON COOPER DIES
Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr., (Colonel, USAF, Ret.) an original Mercury 7 astronaut, died earlier today at…
ISS STATUS REPORT: SS04-032
With less than a month remaining in their stay aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 9…