NASA has selected 15 university-led proposals for the study of innovative, early stage technologies that address…
Month: November 2015
Microgravity mixing
Researchers from the Free University of Brussels recently discovered a natural phenomenon when mixing liquids of…
Final Soyuz spacecraft exams for Tim Peake
British ESA astronaut Tim Peake will be launched to the International Space Station, from Baikonur in…
Tim Peake bio and training
Tim Peake is the first British astronaut to be selected as a member of ESA’s European…
NASA Awards Contract to Restart Development of Engines to Power Agency’s Journey to Mars
NASA selected Aerojet Rocketdyne of Sacramento, California, to restart production of the RS-25 engine for the…
NASA’s Next Ozone Layer Instrument Arrives at Launch Site
SAGE III on ISS, a new instrument built to measure atmospheric ozone from a vantage point…
Springtime in the South Atlantic
The springtime phytoplankton communities shown in this image were spotted between the Falkland Islands to the…
Springtime in the South Atlantic
The springtime phytoplankton communities shown in this image were spotted between the Falkland Islands to the…
On the rim of Schiaparelli crater
A 42 km-wide impact crater and numerous smaller craters straddle the northwestern rim of the 460…
Successful SSTV and Digitalker transmissions from SPROUT
On November 22, 2015 SSTV and Digitalker transmissions were made from the SPROUT amateur radio satellite…