NASA’S EDUCATOR ASTRONAUT ASSIGNED FIRST FLIGHT

NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe today announced that Barbara Morgan, the agency’s first Educator Astronaut, has been…

ASTRONAUTS NAMED FOR FUTURE SPACE STATION MISSIONS

Crews have been assigned to begin training for three International Space Station missions. The missions, scheduled…

Arianespace Flight 157: Mission failure

Approximately 3 minutes after lift off an anomaly occurred thus ending the Flight 157 mission. Data…

Traffic jam hotspots pinpointed in advance

Road Traffic Monitoring by Satellite (RTMS) is an innovative trial system that uses a fleet of…

MARYLAND SCIENCE CENTER HOSTS MAJOR NASA ANNOUNCEMENT

Media representatives are invited to join NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe for a major announcement Thursday, 2…

MSG-1 first image unveiled

This dramatic image of the Earth is the first from the Meteosat Second Generation (MSG-1) satellite,…

NASA DEVELOPS NEW DESIGN PROCESS FOR FUTURE SPACECRAFT

An efficient, timely, revolutionary process, developed by NASA, may help design the next generation of space…

Mr Jean-Jacques Dordain to be Director General of ESA

Today the Council of the European Space Agency announced the appointment of Mr Jean-Jacques Dordain as…

NASA KNOW-HOW WILL REDUCE AUTOMOTIVE EMISSIONS

NASA’s laser technology may soon be part of your car’s exhaust system. Originally designed for satellites…

Building the International Space Station

How has the International Space Station (ISS) changed since building started in 1998? When and how…