Join ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti as she shows how astronauts on the International Space Station keep…
Year: 2015
Futura: Mission wrap-up
ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, from Italy, will shortly be ending her long-duration stay onboard the International…
NASA Announces New Director of Ames Research Center
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden announced Monday the selection of Dr. Eugene L. Tu as the next…
NASA Langley to Be Recognized for Advancing Helicopter Research
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will be at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, Friday, May…
Mimas Stares Back
The great eye of Saturn's moon Mimas, a 130-kilometer-wide (80-mile) impact crater called Herschel, stares out…
Akari view of the Cygnus region in the Milky Way
The constellation of Cygnus is one of the most recognisable in the northern hemisphere. During the…
Ten-Engine Electric Plane Prototype Takes Off
A team at NASA's Langley Research Center is developing a concept of a battery-powered plane that…
Comet on 26 April 2015 – NavCam
This single frame Rosetta navigation camera image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was taken on 26 April 2015…
Amazing Arizona
An image shared by ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti on social media earlier this week, with the…
Proba-V detecting aircraft
Aircraft positions picked up by ESA's Proba-V minisatellite, using an experimental Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast…