Dwarfed by space shuttle Discovery and with Earth's horizon and the blackness of space providing the…
Final Transfers and News Conference for Crews
At 11:21 p.m. EDT Tuesday the wakeup call music for the shuttle astronauts was “Miracle of…
Canadian engineers honoured for role in getting Apollo 13 astronauts home
A group of University of Toronto engineers were honoured Tuesday, 40 years after helping Apollo 13…
EUTELSAT TEAMS WITH GENERAL SATELLITE AND ST PETERSBURG’s MARIINSKY THEATRE FOR A PREMIERE 3DTV SATELLITE TRANSMISSION TO NEW-GENERATION TV DISPLAYS
In a new display of how 3D is rapidly redefining the viewing experience, Eutelsat Communications (Euronext…
HDTV CHANNELS BROADCASTING THROUGH EUTELSAT’s EUROBIRD™ 9A SATELLITE BOOSTED BY SUNDANCE CHANNEL HD AND MEZZO LIVE HD
The diverse range of HD channels broadcast by the EUROBIRD™ 9A satellite operated by Eutelsat Communications…
Final STS-131 Spacewalk Complete
The third STS-131 spacewalk ended at 8:38 a.m. EDT, a six-hour, 24-minute outing for Mission Specialists…
Third and Final STS-131 Spacewalk Completed
Mission Specialists Rick Mastracchio and Clay Anderson wrapped up the third STS-131 spacewalk at 8:38 a.m.…
Spacewalk Tasks Shuffled
Because the spacewalk is behind the original timeline, managers shuffled the tasks. They decided to defer…
The Rosette molecular cloud, seen by Herschel – Image
Credits: ESA/PACS & SPIRE Consortium/HOBYS Key Programme Consortia
Ammonia Tank Secured in Shuttle Payload Bay
After struggling with alignment issues, spacewalkers Rick Mastracchio and Clayton Anderson succeeded in engaging all four…