Using recent Cassini, Huygens and Earth-based observations, scientists have been able to create a computer model…
MAGNETIC FIELD MISSION ENDS
NASA’s Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration (IMAGE) satellite recently ceased operations, bringing to a close a…
Afghanistan from Space
Winter snow blankets the heights of the Pamir Mountains and the Hindu Kush in this Envisat…
XMM-Newton scores 1000
XMM-Newton, ESA’s X-ray observatory, continues its quest for the unknown. This month, after five years of…
Launch Result of MTSAT-2
Rocket System Corporation (RSC) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the Multi-functional Transport Satellite…
Spacecraft, heal thyself
Building spacecraft is a tough job. They are precision pieces of engineering that have to survive…
Space Propulsion Breakthrough
The European Space Agency and the Australian National University have successfully tested a new design of…
Jean-Yves Le Gall named “Satellite Executive of the Year”
Arianespace/Starsem CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall has been named the 2005 “Satellite Executive of the Year” by…
Next International Space Station Crew
NASA and its international partners have selected astronaut Jeffrey Williams and Russian cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov as…
Butterfly Impact Crater
These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft,…