Gaia is a space telescope, or rather, two space telescopes. Its telescopes involve ten mirrors of…
Spin Your Thesis!
Sequences extracted from the Spin Your Thesis 2011 and 2012 campaigns (September 2011 and 2012) at…
ATV-4 docking sequence – replay
ESA’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, completed a flawless rendezvous with the International Space Station on…
ATV-4 docking to the International Space Station – transmission replay
ESA’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, completed a flawless rendezvous with the International Space Station on…
NASA Invites Media to Asteroid Initiative Industry and Partner Day
Deputy Administrator Lori Garver and other senior NASA officials will discuss the progress being made on…
Students and Teachers Become Rocket Scientists at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility
More than 120 students and educators will delve into the world of rocket science June 15-21…
Precision fire
Technology image of the week: testing the tiny MiniRIT thruster for precision satellite control
NASA’s Webb Telescope’s Last Backbone Component Completed
Assembly of the backbone of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the primary mirror backplane support structure,…
Fine control from miniature thruster
The faint purple glow comes from one of ESA’s very smallest space thrusters, being tested in…