South Polar ozone hole

This season’s Antarctic ozone hole has swollen to an area of ten million square kilometres from…

NASA HONORS HIGH FLYING SPACE PIONEERS

NASA awarded astronaut wings to three 1960’s-era test pilots. The pilots were never recognized for going…

Galileo satellite payload testing

Testing of the first Galileo satellites, which form part of what is called the Galileo System…

WEATHER FORECASTING ADVANCEMENT

NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) today outlined research that has helped to…

Launch of OICETS

The Optical Inter-orbit Communications Engineering Test Satellite (OICETS) and the Innovative Technology Demonstration Experiment Satellite (INDEX),…

FUTURE OF HAM RADIO IN SPACE

The two dozen delegates to the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) International Meeting…

Arizona youngsters speak to ISS

A dozen youngsters at a charter school in Tempe, Arizona enjoyed the opportunity of a lifetime…

Portuguese wildfires

Plumes of smoke from serious wildfires across Portugal fan into the Atlantic in this Envisat satellite…

ASTRONAUT’S PASSION FOR PHOTOGRAPHY

For many years, exotic spaces from exotic places have captured the hearts of many photographers, both…

1000th comet

On 5 August 2005, the ESA/NASA SOHO spacecraft achieved an incredible milestone – the discovery of…