On 20 January, ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft emerged from a 31-month hibernation on the final leg of…
[release] Astronaut Wakata’s Assumption of the ISS Commander
Astronaut Wakata Koichi, who is in his long-duration stay on board the ISS, has succeeded Russian…
[release] Astronaut Wakata’s Assumption of the ISS Commander
Astronaut Wakata Koichi, who is in his long-duration stay on board the ISS, has succeeded Russian…
NASA Selects 10 Proposals for Unprecedented Twin Astronaut Study
Only one set of twins has ever been into space, and now those twins are providing…
NASA Picks Small Business Tech Proposals for Development
NASA has selected 108 research and technology proposals from U.S. small businesses that will enable NASA's…
NASA’s WISE Survey Finds Thousands of New Stars, But No ‘Planet X’
After searching hundreds of millions of objects across our sky, NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)…
False-Color Image of Earth Highlights Plant Growth
On Aug. 3, 2004, NASA’s Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft began a…
StarTiger rapid autofocus for eyes in sky
These days, even the humblest smartphone camera comes with autofocus, stopping users snapping blurred images. Now…
Autofocus for space
Racing against the clock, ESA's latest StarTiger team completed a prototype autofocus system for satelllites
Margarita Island, Venezuela
Situated in the southern Caribbean Sea about 20 km off of mainland Venezuela’s coast, the island…