A “Swarm” of Satellites

ESA’s Earth Observation Programme Board has just decided which of the six Earth Explorer candidate missions,…

Bromo East of Java

ESA’s micro-satellite Proba observes the active Bromo volcano, a popular tourist attraction of East Java in…

Next Ariane 5 mission

Arianespace has set June 24 for its next Ariane 5 mission, which will use the increased-lift…

Ancient floods on Mars

These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) aboard ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft, show…

NEW HURRICANE WEB PAGE

Today, NASA launched an Internet resource page highlighting the agency’s diverse hurricane research. The site opens…

Foton successfully launched

An unmanned Foton-M spacecraft carrying a mainly European payload was put into orbit by a Russian…

Preparing for impact

On 4 July 2005, the NASA Deep Impact spacecraft will visit Comet 9P/Tempel 1. It will…

H-Reflex flexes its muscles!

The human body is an extraordinary machine, an unending source of wonder. In order to unlock…

CHANDRA FINDS SATURN X-RAYS

When it comes to mysterious X-rays from Saturn, the ringed planet may act as a mirror,…

Success with EGNOS

A pioneering flight from Dakar to Mombasa using the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS), the…