The Optical Inter-orbit Communications Engineering Test Satellite (OICETS) and the Innovative Technology Demonstration Experiment Satellite (INDEX),…
FUTURE OF HAM RADIO IN SPACE
The two dozen delegates to the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) International Meeting…
Arizona youngsters speak to ISS
A dozen youngsters at a charter school in Tempe, Arizona enjoyed the opportunity of a lifetime…
Portuguese wildfires
Plumes of smoke from serious wildfires across Portugal fan into the Atlantic in this Envisat satellite…
ASTRONAUT’S PASSION FOR PHOTOGRAPHY
For many years, exotic spaces from exotic places have captured the hearts of many photographers, both…
1000th comet
On 5 August 2005, the ESA/NASA SOHO spacecraft achieved an incredible milestone – the discovery of…
NEWBORN BLACK HOLES
Scientists using NASA’s Swift satellite say they have found newborn black holes, just seconds old, in…
SPACE WEATHER FORECASTS
Scientists funded by NASA have made big strides in learning how to forecast “all clear” periods,…
Galaxy 14 satellite is in orbit
Starsem and Arianespace today successfully launched the Galaxy 14 telecommunications satellite for U.S. operator PanAmSat. The…
Zambia and Zimbabwe from space
The narrow, man-made Lake Kariba, located along the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe, as seen by…