Calcium on the Moon

Thanks to measurements by the D-CIXS X-ray spectrometer, ESA’s SMART-1 spacecraft has made the first ever…

PHOENIX MARS MISSION

NASA has given the green light to a project to put a long-armed lander on to…

DEEP IMPACT TARGET

On July 4, NASA’s Deep Impact spacecraft will attempt an extraordinarily daring encounter with the far-flung…

A “Swarm” of Satellites

ESA’s Earth Observation Programme Board has just decided which of the six Earth Explorer candidate missions,…

Bromo East of Java

ESA’s micro-satellite Proba observes the active Bromo volcano, a popular tourist attraction of East Java in…

Next Ariane 5 mission

Arianespace has set June 24 for its next Ariane 5 mission, which will use the increased-lift…

Ancient floods on Mars

These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) aboard ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft, show…

NEW HURRICANE WEB PAGE

Today, NASA launched an Internet resource page highlighting the agency’s diverse hurricane research. The site opens…

Foton successfully launched

An unmanned Foton-M spacecraft carrying a mainly European payload was put into orbit by a Russian…

Preparing for impact

On 4 July 2005, the NASA Deep Impact spacecraft will visit Comet 9P/Tempel 1. It will…