Envisat focuses on carbon-rich peat swamp forest fires

Multiple sensors on ESA’s Envisat environmental satellite have been used to peer beneath a vast pall…

ESA to give students hands-on Space experience

28 August will be an important day for ESA: not only will the SMART-1 spacecraft be…

NEXT SPACE STATION CREW DISCUSSES MISSION

The next three crewmembers scheduled to launch to the International Space Station will talk with reporters…

Airbag to keep windsurfer safe on 8000 km voyage

Extreme sports adventurer Raphaëla Le Gouvello is about to windsurf 8000 km across the Pacific Ocean…

SMART-1 – the lunar adventure begins

This is clearly Europe’s time for interplanetary exploration. Having sent the first European mission to Mars,…

Phoenix to visit Mars

NASA today selected Phoenix, an innovative and relatively low cost mission, to study the red planet,…

CAS SCISAT LAUNCH SET

The Canadian Space Agency’s Scientific Satellite Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (SCISAT-1) is scheduled to launch on Tuesday,…

Space shows way to renewable energy future

How can we more effectively harness the free and endless energy resources of the Sun, wind…

Student Parabolic Flight

Gravity provides a vital input to our sensory and balance systems. What happens when there is…

CSA Celebrates 1000 Days

Saint-Hubert, August 1st, 2003 – July 30th marked the 1000th day of human presence aboard the…