Ariane 5 launcher parts arrive at SpacePort

Activity for Arianespace’s next Ariane 5 mission began February 22 as the major Ariane launch vehicle…

Polar expedition

In a few days, a three-man scientific expedition called Pole Track is to embark upon a…

MYSTERIOUS EARTH ENERGY

Scientists using observations from NASA’s Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) satellite detected flashes…

SHUTTLE RETURN TO FLIGHT EFFORTS

NASA engineers continue to acquire data on how insulating foam debris behaves when shed from the…

SHUTTLE MAPPING MISSION FINALE

Culminating more than four years of processing data, NASA and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) have…

P3E satellite design

AMSAT-DL reviews P3E satellite design: An international team gathered in Marburg, Germany, in late January to…

Ariane 5 tech turns on the lights

Soon we may be able to fill the bath, turn the lights on and play our…

Iceland from Space

Sparse tundra vegetation alternates with glaciers and permanent snow on the island of Iceland, but life…

FALSE CLAIM OF LIFE ON MARS

News reports on February 16, 2005, that NASA scientists from Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.,…

BRIGHTEST COSMIC EXPLOSIONS

Scientists detected a flash of light from across the Galaxy so powerful; it bounced off the…