First EGNOS signal in space

After several years of initial definition, detailed design, production and deployment activities, the EGNOS (European Geostationary…

Galileo becomes a reality for Europe

The European Space Agency is now able to finalise the conditions for participation in the Galileo…

CANADA’S MOST TELESCOPE MAKES ITS FIRST STEP TOWARD SPACE

Saint-Hubert, May 23, 2003-The Canadian Space Agency’s MOST microsatellite is scheduled to blast into orbit on…

ESAs new education site goes live

Travelling through space and exploring new worlds fires most young peoples’ imagination. ESA’s new-look education site…

OSIRIS and Odin Mission Extended

The Canadian Space Agency has announced that the OSIRIS instrument (Optical Spectrograph and InfraRed Imager System),…

FIRST-TIME-EVER SNAPSHOT RELEASED OF MOTHER EARTH FROM MARS

Have you ever wondered what you would see if you were on Mars looking at the…

Mysterious ‘Garden-sprinkler’ nebula

There are many mysterious objects seen in the night sky which are not really well understood.…

Distant doctors make their rounds via satellite

ESA telemedicine technology enables specialist physicians to perform detailed patient consultations from hundreds of kilometres away.…

FROZEN LIGHT RESEARCH HOLDS PROMISE

NASA-funded research at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., that literally stops light in its tracks, may someday…

NEW VIEWS OF BIGGEST CONSTRUCTION SITES IN UNIVERSE

Images made by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have revealed two distant cosmic construction sites buzzing with…