NASA Gives ‘Go’ for Discovery’s Launch

NASA senior managers on Saturday cleared the Space Shuttle Discovery for a July 1 flight to…

Baja from Space

Mexico�s Baja California Peninsula, highlighted in this Envisat image, lies at the southern tip of North…

OICETS Optical Communication

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully carried out an optical communication experiment using laser beams…

MetOp 1 mission

The Arianespace Website provides updates on two international activities: A report from Paris details a press…

European Space Parliament

Parliamentarians from 10 European countries met earlier this month in Brussels at the 8th European Interparliamentary…

Elements in Galaxy Clusters

Deep observations of two X-ray bright clusters of galaxies with ESA’s XMM-Newton satellite allowed a group…

Ilamatepec Volcano from Space

ESA�s micro-satellite, Proba, captured the Santa Ana Volcano in El Salvador. The Santa Ana Volcano, also…

Space Shuttle Discovery Cargo Ready

Space Shuttle Discovery’s cargo includes the Italian-built logistics module Leonardo, which will carry 11 large racks…

Allan Carswell, Lidar Pioneer Honoured

In recognition of his exceptional contribution to the Canadian Space Program, Dr. Allan Carswell has been…

First Images from CloudSat

The first images from NASA’s new CloudSat satellite are already revealing never-before-seen 3-D details about clouds.…