Visualisation of the deployment of the Philae lander from Rosetta at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in November 2014.…
Month: December 2013
Earth from Space: Christmas tree fjords
Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. The tree-shaped…
NASA’s Asteroid Hunter Spacecraft Returns First Images after Reactivation
NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE), a spacecraft that made the most comprehensive survey…
NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for InSight Mission
NASA has selected United Launch Services LLC of Centennial, Colo., to launch the Interior Exploration Using…
Goldstone’s Antenna Tracks Spacecraft
Late night in the desert: Goldstone's 230-foot (70-meter) antenna tracks spacecraft day and night. This photograph…
NASA Extends Deadlines for Student Exploration Design Challenge
NASA is extending deadlines for its Exploration Design Challenge, an educational program connected to Exploration Flight…
Ariane 5 stands on the pad at the ZL-3
Surrounded by four 100-m lightning towers, the first Ariane 5G+, atop its mobile launch platform, stands…
Rosetta and Philae at comet
Artist’s impression of the Rosetta orbiter deploying the Philae lander to comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. After an extensive…
Gaia liftoff
Soyuz VS06, with Gaia space observatory, lifted off from Europe's Spaceport, French Guiana, on 19 December…
Gaia liftoff
Soyuz VS06, with Gaia space observatory, lifted off from Europe's Spaceport, French Guiana, on 19 December…