Astronauts still drinking Tang–or something like it

Despite some technical problems, youngsters at the Challenger Learning Center of Northwest Indiana http://pucinfo.calumet.purdue.edu/challenger_nwi/welcome.htm got answers…

MERIS ready for work

The MERIS sensor on ESA’s Envisat environmental satellite is ready for operational use by science and…

JAPANESE SPACE AGENCY TEAM INSPIRES STUDENTS

NASDA (Japan’s space agency) and NASA arranged for five Japanese students, chosen from 1,861 applicants, and…

Space Tech Helps Sun Sensitive Children

A better life is in reach for children with a rare genetic disorder that puts their…

Imaging vineyards from space will benefit Europe’s wines

Space data are set to become an added ingredient in future European wines. ESA is contributing…

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE FINDS EXTRA-SOLAR PLANET

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope found an intriguing extra-solar planet in an unlikely place. The discovery is…

Mars Express first check-out nearly complete

ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft is progressing further every day on its journey to the Red Planet.…

Natural Speed Limit?

Gravitational radiation, ripples in the fabric of space predicted by Albert Einstein, may serve as a…

STUDENTS EXPLORE HABITABLE PLANETS

As NASA embarks on new missions to Mars in search of evidence of life, students now…

HUMANS, ROBOTS TEST SPACEWALK CONCEPTS

Humans and robots worked side-by-side this summer at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston to…