Launched in October 1997, the ESA/NASA Cassini-Huygens mission is currently heading for Saturn. While ESA’s Huygens…
Lessons learnt from Beagle 2
The Mars Express spacecraft, carrying the Beagle 2 lander, was launched on 2 June last year,…
Hayabusa Earth Swing-by
The Space Engineering Spacecraft “Hayabusa” (MUSES-C) launched on May 9, 2003, by the Japan Aerospace Exploration…
Envisat catches the eye of Typhoon Nida
The 150-kilometre-per-hour winds of Typhoon Nida brought destruction and death to the Philippines this week. At…
FIRST COLUMBIA DEBRIS LOANED FOR RESEARCH
The first pieces of Space Shuttle Columbia debris, loaned to a non-governmental agency for testing and…
Beagle 2: lessons learned
The Commission of Inquiry on Beagle 2, jointly set up in February between ESA and the…
CHANDRA SEES DARK ENERGY
Astronomers have detected and probed dark energy by applying a powerful, new method that uses images…
It is awkward being in weightlessness
After Wubbo Ockels (1985), ESA astronaut André Kuipers is now the second Dutchman to know what…
TERRA SATELLITE TRACKS GLOBAL POLLUTION
Data from NASA’s Terra satellite is adding to our understanding of how pollution spreads around the…