How will NASA get astronauts ready for a Mars mission? By consulting the U.S. Navy submarine force

There is no word yet on if NASA will train its astronauts the the particularities of…

AIM mission navigation camera testing

A practical test being performed during the 2015 ESTEC Open Day of the navigation camera planned…

International Space Station Partners Release Major Update to Docking Standard

The International Space Station Multilateral Coordination Board (MCB) has approved a major update to the station…

Oct. 5, 1984, Launch of History-Making STS-41G Mission

The Space Shuttle Challenger launches from Florida at dawn. On this mission, Kathryn Sullivan became the…

Oct. 5, 1984, Launch of History-Making STS-41G Mission

The Space Shuttle Challenger launches from Florida at dawn. On this mission, Kathryn Sullivan became the…

Checking COS-B model

A historic engineering model of COS-B, the first satellite to be launched under the new-born ESA…

Checking COS-B model

A historic engineering model of COS-B, the first satellite to be launched under the new-born ESA…

A Lunar Pox

The pockmarked landscape captured in this image from ESA’s SMART-1 mission is the surface of our…

Astronauts at Open Day

Astronauts Jean-Jacques Favier, André Kuipers, Michel Tognini and Claudie Haigneré gathered for photos during the Sunday 4 October 2015 ESTEC…

Astronauts at Open Day

Astronauts Jean-Jacques Favier, André Kuipers, Michel Tognini and Claudie Haigneré gathered for photos during the Sunday 4 October 2015 ESTEC…