NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft arrived at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida on Saturday for final preparations…
SMART-1 set for more lunar science
ESA’s SMART-1 mission in orbit around the Moon has had its scientific lifetime extended by ingenious…
Gourmet space dinner on Greenland icecap
French explorers Olivier Pezeron and Arnaud Fauvet enjoyed gourmet space food on their 20-day Greenland expedition…
World’s Largest Space Mirror
Much of our Universe has long remained invisible. Our eyes perceive only a fraction of the…
Mars Express mission extended
ESA’s Mars Express mission has been extended by one Martian year, or about 23 months, from…
Motorcyclists keep their cool
A motorcycling jacket using space technology is on hand to chill MotoGP riders racing in Malaysia…
BLUE STARS AROUND BLACK HOLE
Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have identified the source of a mysterious blue light surrounding…
Mars Orbiter
New gullies that did not exist in mid-2002 have appeared on a Martian sand dune. That’s…
DIGGING MOON DIRT
NASA announced the Regolith Excavation Challenge, a new Centennial Challenges prize competition that will award $250,000…
Venus Express gets wings
Both solar array ‘wings’ have been installed on ESA’s Venus Express spacecraft, and preparations at the…