NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has obtained new detailed images of the south polar region of Saturn’s moon…
SMART-1 views Hadley Rille
This image, taken by the Advanced Moon Micro-Imager Experiment (AMIE) on board ESA’s SMART-1 spacecraft, shows…
Student Satellite
The SSETI Express educational space mission received vital assistance with spacecraft integration and testing at ESA…
Tripoli from Space
Agricultural smallholdings outside central Tripoli are dwarfed next to a set of vast irrigated fields, as…
NEW MARS ORBITER
NASA’s next mission to Mars will examine it in unprecedented detail from low orbit. It will…
CryoSat testing over
The intense mechanical testing period is finally over for the CryoSat satellite, and with launch just…
Cupola Transfer
Ownership of the European-built Cupola observation module for the International Space Station (ISS) was officially transferred…
Smoke Alarms
NASA researchers have successfully tested a new generation of fire detectors that could significantly reduce the…
Three satellites find shy star
An international team of scientists has uncovered a rare type of neutron star so elusive that…