Ariane 5 handled a complex mission with ease on March 2, placing the European Space Agency’s…
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Envisat concludes a busy second year in orbit
On the last night of February 2002 ESA’s Envisat – the largest and most sophisticated Earth…
NEW CLASS OF BLACK HOLES ?
Mysterious, powerful X-ray sources found in nearby galaxies may represent a new class of objects, according…
Mars volcano in 3D
Hecates Tholus volcano as seen by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on Mars Express during…
CASSINI VIEWS SATURN
Four months before its scheduled arrival at Saturn, the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft sent its best color postcard…
STUDENT EXPERIMENTS TO FLY
NASA has selected students from six high schools around the country to prepare and fly their…
SPACE TECHNOLOGY HALL OF FAME
The Space Foundation today announced the selection of four “down to earth” technologies for induction into…
ISS to receive experimental figurehead
What resembles the head and torso of a human and will be attached outside the International…
NEUTRON STAR EXPLOSION
A neutron star halfway across the Milky Way galaxy is ready for its close-up. A rare…
OSIRIS Provides Ozone Measurement
The Canadian Space Agency is celebrating the third anniversary of the launch and activation of OSIRIS…