HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope entered a new era of science operations this week, when engineers shut…

UNDERSEA LAB

NASA is sending three astronauts and a Cincinnati doctor to test new space medicine concepts and…

XMM-Newton probe

ESA’s X-ray observatory, XMM-Newton, has for the first time allowed scientists to study in detail the…

DESERT “RATS”

Meaningful exploration in the hostile environs of the moon and Mars will depend on mobility. Tough,…

ENCELADUS TIGER STRIPES

The Cassini spacecraft discovered the long, cracked features dubbed “tiger stripes” on Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus…

MARS ORBITER

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) successfully tested its main engines by making a successful trajectory adjustment…

South Polar ozone hole

This season’s Antarctic ozone hole has swollen to an area of ten million square kilometres from…

NASA HONORS HIGH FLYING SPACE PIONEERS

NASA awarded astronaut wings to three 1960’s-era test pilots. The pilots were never recognized for going…

Galileo satellite payload testing

Testing of the first Galileo satellites, which form part of what is called the Galileo System…

WEATHER FORECASTING ADVANCEMENT

NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) today outlined research that has helped to…