Chandra and XMM-Newton Provide Direct Measurement of Distant Black Hole’s Spin

Astronomers have used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the European Space Agency's (ESA's) XMM-Newton to show…

Sounding Rocket Launches Into Aurora Over Venetie, Alaska

On March 3, 2014, at 6:09 a.m. EST, a NASA-funded sounding rocket launched straight into an…

Compact control room

Technology image of the week: ESA’s smallest control room, used to command the Agency’s small satellite…

Compact control room

Technology image of the week: ESA’s smallest control room, used to command the Agency’s small satellite…

Proba Mission Operations Centre

Engineers Frédéric Hannoteau (left) and Eric Martin (right), part of the team manning ESA’s smallest control room,…

Proba Mission Operations Centre

Engineers Frédéric Hannoteau (left) and Eric Martin (right), part of the team manning ESA’s smallest control room,…

Andreas Neutral Buoyancy Lab

ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen preparing to enter the pool for spacewalk training at NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy…

Andreas spacewalk training

ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen about to head underwater for spacewalk training at NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Lab…

LADEE Project Update: 100 Days of Science Observations

NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) just achieved a very important milestone: 100 days…

Sentinel-1: Radar mission

In early April, Sentinel-1A will be launched from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on a Soyuz…