This Envisat image shows the southern part of the oil-rich Caspian Sea, starting point of a…
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ISS crew sends holiday greetings
ISS crew sends holiday greetings from space: “What a wonderful place to spend Christmas!” That was…
Mars Express Radar Data
The Mars Express radar, MARSIS, has now been deployed for more than four months. Here we…
ASTRONAUT RICHARD GORDON HONORED
NASA honored veteran astronaut Richard Gordon, Jr., as an Ambassador of Exploration during a ceremony at…
Pirate Protection Via Satellite
A satellite surveillance zone within the southern Indian Ocean is helping protect the endangered Patagonian toothfish…
Liftoff for Ariane 5 ECA
On November 17, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana…
Tomatosphere
Tomato Seeds in Students’ Hands, After 18 Months in Space The 400,000 tomato seeds that were…
Supergiant X-ray Binary Stars
ESA’s Integral gamma-ray observatory has discovered a new, highly populated class of X-ray fast ‘transient’ binary…
New ISS Education Resource
The ISS Education Team today launches a new product: the ISS Education Kit on the web.…
B-15A iceberg breaking up
After five years of being the world’s largest free-floating object, the B-15A iceberg has finally broken…