An international team worked on the verge of the Sahara to gather data on the ground…
Month: February 2006
Rome from Space
The River Tiber flows through the historic centre of Rome, seen in high-resolution detail by France’s…
Hot, Massive Galaxy Halos
Astronomers using ESA’s XMM-Newton observatory have found very hot gaseous haloes around a multitude of spiral…
Spider Robots and Space
Robotic ‘spiders’ could be the key to building large-scale structures in space, according to ESA’s Advanced…
SUITSAT-1 “TREMENDOUSLY SUCCESSFUL”
Released into Earth orbit February 3, the novel SuitSat-1 Amateur Radio transmit-only spacesuit turned satellite has…
New Space Thruster
ESA has confirmed the principle of a new space thruster that may ultimately give much more…
OICETS and Artemis
The first bi-directional optical link between KIRARI, the Japanese satellite officially called OICETS (which stands for…
Yucatan from Space
This wide-area Envisat image shows Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula extending into the Caribbean, together with the countries…
WISE volunteers back on their feet
ESA PR 58-2005. When the first women astronauts set foot on Mars, they may spare a…
AURA Satellite Views Ozone Hole
NASA researchers, using data from the agency’s AURA satellite, determined the seasonal ozone hole that developed…