P3E satellite design

AMSAT-DL reviews P3E satellite design: An international team gathered in Marburg, Germany, in late January to…

Ariane 5 tech turns on the lights

Soon we may be able to fill the bath, turn the lights on and play our…

FALSE CLAIM OF LIFE ON MARS

News reports on February 16, 2005, that NASA scientists from Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.,…

Iceland from Space

Sparse tundra vegetation alternates with glaciers and permanent snow on the island of Iceland, but life…

BRIGHTEST COSMIC EXPLOSIONS

Scientists detected a flash of light from across the Galaxy so powerful; it bounced off the…

ISS STATUS REPORT: SS05-008

The International Space Station crew is preparing for the arrival of fresh supplies aboard a Russian…

Hello from Brussels

Speaking from the European Commission Charlemagne Building on Thursday, ESA astronaut Andre Kuipers hailed the crew…

MYSTERIOUS AURORAS

The dancing light of Saturn’s auroras behaves in ways different from how scientists thought possible. New…

Space and Major Disasters

By taking the opportunity of attending the Earth Observation Summit III to be held in Brussels,…

STUDENTS CHAT WITH ISS CREW

While it’s 220 miles distant, Earth seems never far from the thoughts of the International Space…