ATV-5 on Ariane 5 before encapsulation

ATV-5 on its Ariane 5 launcher in the Final Assembly Building at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou,…

Double satellite

Technology image of the week: One launch for two satellites, flying together in space – the…

Rosetta closing in on the comet

After a 10-year journey, Rosetta is finally closing in on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

Magali Vaissiere, David Parker and Rt Hon Greg Clark

Magali Vaissiere, ESA Director of Telecommunications and Integrated Applications, David Parker, Head of UK Space Agency, and…

NASA Turns Over Next-Generation Air Traffic Management Tool to Federal Aviation Administration

A new NASA-developed computer software tool designed to aid air traffic controllers was presented to the…

NASA Announces Early Career Faculty Space Tech Research Grants

NASA has selected seven university-led proposals for the study of innovative, early stage technologies that address…

Reddish Bands on Europa

This colorized image of Jupiter's moon Europa is a product of clear-filter grayscale data from one…

NASA Seeks Proposals for Europa Mission Science Instruments

NASA has issued an Announcement of Opportunity (AO) for proposals about science instruments that could be…

How big is Rosetta compared with the comet?

This short animation explains the relative sizes of the Rosetta spacecraft and comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. Rosetta is…

NASA Awards Mission Operations Support Contract

NASA has awarded a nine-year contract to Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies (SGT), Inc., Greenbelt, Maryland, to provide…