SURPRISING ANATOMY OF A COMET

Findings from a historic encounter between NASA’s Stardust spacecraft and a comet revealed much stranger findings…

REMOTE HEALTH MONITORS

A lightweight, portable device developed by NASA scientists is enabling physicians to monitor the health and…

SMART-1 views Europe

The first picture of Earth taken by the SMART-1 spacecraft on 21 May 2004 from a…

HURRICANES MAY HELP PLANKTON BLOOM

Whenever a hurricane races across the Atlantic Ocean, chances are phytoplankton will bloom behind it. According…

Did comets flood Earths oceans?

Did the Earth form with water locked into its rocks, which then gradually leaked out over…

Arianespace to Launch Record Size Satellite

The Arianespace Flight 163 Anik F2 satellite payload is at the Spaceport being readied for flight.…

SO-50 satellite now available to all Hams

AMSAT-NA says thethe SO-50 satellite–also known as SaudiSat-1C–now is available to all, and users can switch…

Cassini-Huygens looks at Phoebe

Images collected during the Cassini-Huygens close fly-by of Saturn’s moon Phoebe give strong evidence that the…

ISS STATUS REPORT: SS04-014

The International Space Station (ISS) crew is spending its seventh week onboard the orbiting laboratory continuing…

Space technology races round Le Mans

Spaceflight engineers face three constant challenges: reducing weight and size, improving thermal insulation and increasing reliability.…