Aboard the International Space Station, the Expedition 9 crew concentrated on a host of scientific experiments…
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SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT: S04-20
The Space Shuttle fleet is housed and processed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Fla. The…
ROVERS ROLL INTO MARTIAN WINTER
As winter approaches on Mars, NASA’s Opportunity rover continues to inch deeper into the stadium-sized crater…
Space researchers gather in Paris
At the invitation of ESA and CNES, the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) is holding its…
SPACE CAMERA HELPS SURGEONS
Using an infrared video camera developed by scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena,…
End of Tropical Rainfall measuring Mission
The Tropical Rainfall measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite, launched on 28 November 1997 by H-II launch vehicle…
AO-51 SATELLITE WORK CONTINUES
Work continues to commission AMSAT-NA’s recently launched “Echo” satellite–now known as AO-51–for general amateur use. Primary…
The Risk From Near-Earth Objects
On 9 July 2004, the Near-Earth Object Mission Advisory Panel recommended that ESA place a high…
AURA LAUNCHED
Aura, a mission dedicated to the health of the Earth’s atmosphere, successfully launched on July 15,…