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…
MARS MISSION LAUNCHED
A seven-month flight to Mars began August 12 for NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). It will…
Ariane 5 Record
Arianespace’s Ariane 5 Generic launcher set a new performance record on August 11 by successfully lofting…
Anomaly with the Suzaku
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has been carrying out initial operations of the “Suzaku” including…
NEXT SHUTTLE MISSION MAYBE MARCH
NASA is targeting March for the next Space Shuttle mission (STS-121). The mission will be the…
Saturns rings have own atmosphere
Data from the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini spacecraft indicate that Saturn’s majestic ring system has its own atmosphere…
China’s Typhoon Matsa
Heavy rainfall and flooding from Typhoon Matsa killed at least 12 people and caused millions of…
Record Payload into Space
On August 11 an Ariane 5G launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. On…
Magnetosphere Micro Tturbulence
Thanks to measurements by ESA’s Cluster mission, a team of European scientists have identified ‘micro’-vortices in…