The Canadian space science feature articles for December are now online. This month, read about the…
Huygens begins its final journey to Titan
One year after Mars Express’ arrival at Mars, the mighty rules of celestial mechanics have again…
Aid Workers Get Aid From Orbit
It is hard to overstate the scale of the humanitarian emergency unfolding in Sudan’s strife-torn Darfur…
ASTRONAUT JOHN YOUNG RETIRES
Space pioneer John W. Young, a man who flew twice to the moon, walked on its…
Sptlight on space debris
At closing speeds reaching 50 thousand kilometres per hour, even the smallest bits of space debris…
Mouth of the Danube from Space
Flanked by imposing mountains, one of Europe’s principal rivers reaches its end in this Envisat image.…
Underwater Robotic Arm
The WET model of the European Robotic Arm (ERA) was comprehensively inspected and tested at the…
ISS STATUS REPORT UPDATE: SS04-043a
The International Space Station’s crew completed the first 50 days of their six-month mission this week,…
SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT: S04-040
The Space Shuttle fleet is housed and processed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Fla. The…
Student Satellite almost ready for space
Building a satellite takes years and costs millions. Well, not always. Nearly one hundred students from…