International Space Station crewmembers this week continued research and maintenance activities and prepared for arrival of…
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SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT: S04-041
The Space Shuttle fleet is housed and processed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Fla. The…
Travel to Mars in your dreams?
Can you imagine spending eight weeks in bed? ESA is looking for female volunteers who are…
FAMED B-52B “MOTHERSHIP” RETIRING
After nearly a half-century of dropping advanced flight research vehicles instead of bombs, NASA is retiring…
Canadian Space News
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.…