On 13 July ESA and EADS Space Transportation signed a 1 billion Euro contract which allows…
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Northern rim of Martian Hellas basin
These images of the rim of the Hellas basin on Mars were obtained by the High…
BLAST WAVE THROUGH SOLAR SYSTEM
A fleet of spacecraft dispersed throughout the solar system gave the best picture to date of…
The Next Steps In Exploring Deep Space
The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) announces the release of its cosmic study: The Next Steps…
Listening to Vega
On a humid day in June, with a temperature similar to that at Europe’s Spaceport in…
UNDER WATER TO STUDY OUTER SPACE
Four NASA crewmembers will look to the deep seas this month to help prepare for journeys…
EGNOS, the first European satellite navigation system
Italy takes on a prominent role in European satellite navigation with the opening on 13 July…
FUEL-TANK SAFETY SYSTEM TESTED
An aircraft normally used to transport the Space Shuttle has been pressed into service to test…
Titan’s surface revealed
Piercing the layer of smog enshrouding Titan, these images from the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens spacecraft reveal an…
ISS STATUS REPORT: SS04-019
The International Space Station (ISS) is again operating with three of its four control gyroscopes, thanks…