In May this year, a serious leak of ammonium coolant caused an emergency on the International…
Earth from Space: Explosive land
Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. The Virunga…
NASA’s Hubble Shows Link between Stars’ Ages and Their Orbits
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have determined the orbital motion of two distinct populations of…
NASA Interplanetary Probes to Take Pictures of Earth from Space
Two NASA spacecraft, one studying the Saturn system, the other observing Mercury, are maneuvering into place…
NASA’s SOFIA Investigates the Southern Sky from New Zealand
NASA's SOFIA airborne observatory will be based in New Zealand for the next two weeks, taking…
Deep-space stations gain made-in-Europe hearing boost
Picking up ultra-weak signals from spacecraft exploring deep in our Solar System requires cooling a detector…
Alphasat encased by rocket fairing
The Alphasat satellite is seen for the last time before being encapsulated by the Ariane 5…
SOFIA Investigates Southern Sky From New Zealand
NASA's SOFIA airborne observatory is in New Zealand to study celestial objects that are difficult or…
Kepler Mission Manager Update: Recovery Begins
Over the next week, the team will attempt tests to explore recovery of the spacecraft's reaction…