The Next Steps In Exploring Deep Space

The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) announces the release of its cosmic study: The Next Steps…

AMSAT-OSCAR Echo Satellite Launched

The AMSAT-OSCAR Echo Amateur Radio satellite and several other payloads launched on schedule June 29 at…

Field Day fun leads to ISS chats

International Space Station astronaut Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, enjoyed his time operating during the 2004 ARRL Field…

Listening to Vega

On a humid day in June, with a temperature similar to that at Europe’s Spaceport in…

UNDER WATER TO STUDY OUTER SPACE

Four NASA crewmembers will look to the deep seas this month to help prepare for journeys…

EGNOS, the first European satellite navigation system

Italy takes on a prominent role in European satellite navigation with the opening on 13 July…

FUEL-TANK SAFETY SYSTEM TESTED

An aircraft normally used to transport the Space Shuttle has been pressed into service to test…

Titan’s surface revealed

Piercing the layer of smog enshrouding Titan, these images from the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens spacecraft reveal an…

ISS STATUS REPORT: SS04-019

The International Space Station (ISS) is again operating with three of its four control gyroscopes, thanks…

Mapping the Galaxy

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