SPACECRAFT TO TEST EINSTEIN THEORY

A NASA spacecraft designed to test two important predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity…

Ocean Weather Report from Titan!

ESA could be releasing its own marine weather report next January – but not for any…

Craft to return first samples from deep space since Apollo

Since October 2001 NASA’s Genesis spacecraft has exposed specially designed, collector arrays of sapphire, silicon, gold…

NASA SELECTS TOP INVENTION

The Cabin Pressure Monitor developed by Jan Zysko received NASA’s Commercial and Government Invention of the…

Solar Powered Global Flight Bid

ESA’s Technology Transfer Program is to supply state-of-the-art technologies to assist adventurer Bertrand Piccard’s flight around…

International Conference on Saturns moon Titan

In the week that sees the 375th anniversary of the birth of the Dutch astronomer Christiaan…

ULTRASOUND MAKES WAVES IN SPACE AND ON EARTH

Ultrasound techniques developed by NASA to examine International Space Station crewmembers may soon find another use…

Mars Express confirms methane

During recent observations from the ESA Mars Express spacecraft in orbit around Mars, methane was detected…

COVERAGE OF ISS CREW EXCHANGE

NASA Television will carry the launch of Expedition 9, the next residents of the International Space…

Landing on powder or ice?

Rosetta’s lander Philae will do something never before attempted: land on a comet. But how will…