ESA’s comet-chaser Rosetta, whose 10-year journey to its final target Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko started on 2 March,…
RAW INGREDIENTS FOR LIFE DETECTED
NASA has announced new findings from the Spitzer Space Telescope, including the discovery of significant amounts…
Cassini-Huygens approaching Saturn and Titan
Launched in October 1997, the ESA/NASA Cassini-Huygens mission is currently heading for Saturn. While ESA’s Huygens…
Lessons learnt from Beagle 2
The Mars Express spacecraft, carrying the Beagle 2 lander, was launched on 2 June last year,…
Hayabusa Earth Swing-by
The Space Engineering Spacecraft “Hayabusa” (MUSES-C) launched on May 9, 2003, by the Japan Aerospace Exploration…
Envisat catches the eye of Typhoon Nida
The 150-kilometre-per-hour winds of Typhoon Nida brought destruction and death to the Philippines this week. At…
Rocket carrying ham radio reaches space
Following its May 17 launch from Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, a solid-fuel amateur rocket carrying a…
FIRST COLUMBIA DEBRIS LOANED FOR RESEARCH
The first pieces of Space Shuttle Columbia debris, loaned to a non-governmental agency for testing and…
Beagle 2: lessons learned
The Commission of Inquiry on Beagle 2, jointly set up in February between ESA and the…