For more than a decade space-based radar instruments have been routinely observing ocean surface phenomena including…
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General Relativity
Scientists funded by the European Space Agency have measured the gravitational equivalent of a magnetic field…
Mars Orbiter Test Images
The first test images of Mars from NASA’s newest spacecraft provide a tantalizing preview of what…
Cannibal Stars
ESA’s XMM-Newton has seen vast clouds of superheated gas, whirling around miniature stars and escaping from…
Space Technology 5 Sat launched
NASA’s Space Technology 5 successfully launched on March 22, 2006 at 9:04 a.m. EST, from Vandenberg…
SuitSat-1 still in orbit
SuitSat-1 still in orbit: Tossed into orbit three months ago from the International Space Station, SuitSat-1…
Space suit technology
The technology used in space suits to protect astronauts carrying out space walks in direct sunlight…
Soyuz missions user’s manual
Arianespace has released its first-ever user’s manual for Soyuz launches from the Spaceport in French Guiana.…
Night Views of European Seas
The Mediterranean looks better in the dark – at least in the view of an ESA-led…
Scandinavian Peninsula From Space
ESA’s Envisat captured the snow-covered Scandinavian Peninsula on 11 March, 2006. See it at: http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEMGFTNVGJE_index_0.html