The site where Europe’s spacecraft are launched into orbit, the Atlantic shoreline of French Guiana, is…
Teachers Go Back to School-Space School
Longueuil, Quebec, August 3, 2004 – Over 120 elementary, secondary and post-secondary school teachers from across…
ISS STATUS REPORT: SS04-024
Two spacewalkers began rolling out the welcome mat for a new cargo vehicle this morning. International…
SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT: S04-022
The Space Shuttle fleet is housed and processed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Fla. The…
ESA is looking for female volunteers
In preparation for a 60-day Female Bed-Rest Study, which starts in January/February 2005, an official call…
Earth from Space: image of the week
The nation of Greece is highlighted within a mosaic of satellite images of the southernmost tip…
SCIENTISTS’ SHOWDOWN AT THE O.K. CORRAL
Tombstone, Ariz., is a dusty place known for Wyatt Earp’s famous 1881 “Shootout at the O.K.…
Satellite navigation at Olympic Games
A future step up in security for the Olympic Games and other such events could come…
URBAN HEAT ISLANDS MAKE CITIES GREENER
Some people think cities and nature don’t mix, but a new NASA-funded study finds that concrete…
New Amateur Radio Satellite Project
AMSAT-UK Chairman Martin Sweeting, G3YJO, has announced that an Amateur Radio transponder will be part of…