EUTELSAT AND ARIANESPACE PURSUE LONGSTANDING PARTNERSHIP WITH NEW CONTRACT FOR SATELLITE LAUNCH IN 2012

Continuing a 28-year relationship marked by 25 launch campaigns, Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) and Arianespace…

Discovery Mission Specialist Injured, But OK

STS-133 Mission Specialist Tim Kopra was injured Saturday in a bicycle accident, but he will be…

NASA can’t afford new rocket, spacecraft

NASA this week told Congress it cannot afford to build a new heavy-lift rocket and spacecraft…

Space oddities go on auction in U.S.

A freeze-dried beef pot roast, the business card of the first man to walk on the…

Russia set to re-enter space tourism business

Russia will start selling multimillion-dollar tourist tickets to the International Space Station again in 2013 after…

Radius Block Installation Continues This Weekend

In NASA Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building, technicians will continue installing additional support structures, called…

Etna eruption seen by Envisat – Image

Credits: ESA

Press conference with ESA’s Director General – Image

Credits: ESA - P. Sebirot, 2011

Berlin snowbound – Image

Credits: JAXA, ESA

Paolo Nespoli talks with BBC, live from the ISS – Video