SPACECRAFT TRIO PEEKS AT STORMY SOLAR WEATHER

A three-spacecraft collaboration recorded for the first time the entire initiation process of a high-speed eruption…

ROSETTA STONE DECODES GAMMA-RAY BURST MYSTERY

Scientists have pieced together the key elements of a gamma-ray burst, from star death to dramatic…

NASA HIGHLIGHTS LIGHTNING SAFETY WEEK

The arrival of summer brings increased chances of thunderstorms and dangerous lightning. NASA marks National Lightning…

NIGHTTIME CLOUDS SHED LIGHT ON SPACE WEATHER

NASA is looking for the opportunity, beginning June 23, to launch rocket experiments that will form…

NASA RECEIVES KEYS TO INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION MODULE

Two cornerstone components for future research and operations aboard the International Space Station are ready to…

Space tech keeps Pescarolo on track at Le Mans

Pescarolo Sport’s use of ESA technology in their two racing cars shaved crucial seconds off every…

Successful design review: ATV gets go-ahead

In early June 2003, the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) programme reached a milestone in successfully passing…

ESA welcomes setting-up of Galileo Joint Undertaking

The appointment of Rainer Grohe as Director of the Galileo Joint Undertaking marks a further key…

NASA SPACE VETERAN LEADS UNDERSEA CREW

For the first time, an astronaut with months of experience in space will compare that time…

HUMAN MISSION TO MARS

ESA is preparing for a human mission to Mars via Antarctica and Toulouse. A human mission…