“The families of the Space Shuttle Columbia crew are deeply grateful for the generous outpouring of…
Month: March 2003
ERS-2 data used in El Niño animation
A vivid animation based on data from ESA’s ERS-2 satellite shows the onset of the recent…
NASA ENCOURAGES PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN ADVISORY COMMITTEES
NASA encourages interested individuals to participate in agency advisory activities. To encourage participation, and to ensure…
CHIPS BEGINS INTERSTELLAR SEARCH
The Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer (CHIPS) satellite is living up to the adage “good things…
NASA ENGINEERS TEST WRIGHT STUFF
It triggers the imagination. What would aviation pioneer Orville Wright think about a reproduction of his…
ESA reschedules Soyuz flights
The European Space Agency (ESA) has agreed to six-month postponements of the Soyuz flights by two…
Envisat celebrates first anniversary in space
One year ago, the largest and most sophisticated Earth observation satellite ever built blazed a fiery…
CASSINI REVEALS MASSIVE JUPITER GAS CLOUD
Using a sensitive new imaging instrument on NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, researchers have discovered a large and…
COCOON FOUND INSIDE THE BLACK WIDOW’S WEB
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory image of the mysterious “Black Widow” pulsar reveals the first direct evidence…
Orbital Recovery Corporation Chooses Ariane 5
Orbital Recovery Corporation has selected Ariane 5 as the primary launch vehicle for its Geosynch Spacecraft…