Mapping the Galaxy

One of ESA’s most ambitious current projects has the aim of compiling the most precise map…

FIRST 3-D VIEW OF SOLAR ERUPTIONS

NASA-funded scientists have created the first three-dimensional (3-D) view of massive solar eruptions called Coronal Mass…

ISS STATUS REPORT: SS04-018

The second time is the charm for two International Space Station (ISS) spacewalkers. Thursday night the…

SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT: S04-18

The Space Shuttle fleet is housed and processed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Fla. The…

Space at the Farnborough Air Show

Every two years, specialists and fans of aircraft and space gather at Farnborough for the International…

ISS STATUS REPORT: SS04-017

Mission managers are giving the green light for crewmembers to try again Wednesday to repair a…

ISS astronaut uses ham radio to announce daughter’s birth

International Space Station astronaut Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, and his wife Renita became parents for the second…

Hubble sees star formation

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures the iridescent tapestry of star birth in a neighbouring galaxy…

Scientists confront challenges ice mission

Camping out, for anything up to two months, on vast ice sheets in the Arctic is…

AURA READY FOR JULY 10 LAUNCH

NASA’s Aura spacecraft, a next-generation Earth-observing satellite that will supply the most complete information to date…