The wildfires ravaging southern California are even impressive from 240 miles above the Earth. NASA astronaut…
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COLUMBIA ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION BOARD REPORT ON-LINE
Volumes II-VI of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) report are available on-line. These volumes contain…
Cervantes mission concludes with Soyuz TMA-2 landing
ESA astronaut Pedro Duque from Spain landed in the command module of the Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft…
AMSAT OSCAR ECHO TO LAUNCH IN MARCH
AMSAT-North America http://www.amsat.org/ has announced that launch of the AMSAT OSCAR-E Amateur Radio microsat–the “Echo Project”–has…
SOLAR FLARE ACTIVITY DURING SPACE STATION MISSION
All systems remain go for a return to Earth Monday for the seventh International Space Station…
TWO-HAM CREW ON SPACE STATION
The new two-ham crew of Expedition 8 Commander and NASA ISS Science Officer Mike Foale, KB5UAC,…
Let gravity assist you…
‘Fly-bys’, or ‘gravity assist’ manoeuvres, are now a standard part of spaceflight and are used by…
WARMING OF ARCTIC MAY AFFECT WORLDWIDE CLIMATE
Recently observed change in Arctic temperatures and sea ice cover may be a harbinger of global…
Nuna II breaks all records in the World Solar Challenge!
The Dutch solar car Nuna II, using ESA space technology, finished first in the World Solar…