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Space Propulsion Breakthrough
The European Space Agency and the Australian National University have successfully tested a new design of…
Jean-Yves Le Gall named “Satellite Executive of the Year”
Arianespace/Starsem CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall has been named the 2005 “Satellite Executive of the Year” by…
Next International Space Station Crew
NASA and its international partners have selected astronaut Jeffrey Williams and Russian cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov as…
Butterfly Impact Crater
These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft,…
Comet Dust Around Dead Star
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope spotted what may be comet dust sprinkled around the white dwarf star…
Japans ALOS in orbit
ALOS, Japan’s latest Earth Observation satellite, was successfully launched at 02:33 CET (10:33 Japan time) on…
Juventae Chasma Mars
These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft,…
Thousands of Orion Nebula Stars
In one of the most detailed astronomical images ever produced, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured an…
Pollution hunting in the light and shadows
Since March 2002, SCIAMACHY has been chasing our planet’s pollution. The latest edition of the EuroNews…