In orbit for three and a half years now, ESA’s smallest Earth Observation satellite is making…
Month: April 2005
Earth’s Magnetic Field
The Japanese satellite Akebono, launched in 1989, has been at the centre of major discoveries about…
Sand Dunes from Space
This Envisat image shows two huge sand dune seas in the Fezzan region of southwestern Libya,…
FIRST CENTENNIAL CHALLENGES
NASA and its partner, the Spaceward Foundation, today announced prizes totaling $400,000 for four prize competitions,…
SOOT MAY BE CHANGING THE ARCTIC
NASA continues to explore the impact of black carbon or soot on the Earth’s climate. NASA…
NEW AGE OF PLANETARY SCIENCE
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope captured the light, for the first time, from two known planets orbiting…
Large Space Simulator
A new ‘specimen access device’ (SPAD) to allow safe and fast access to spacecraft being tested…
Space debris: assessing the risk
Assessing the risk that space debris pose to operational spacecraft and satellites is a challenge and…
WISE study starts in Toulouse
Since Saturday, 19 March, the study entitled Women International Space Simulation for Exploration (WISE) has been…
ISS STATUS REPORT: SS05-014
The crew aboard the International Space Station is turning its attention to spacewalks, with repair and…