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Chain mail for rockets, or protection in a grid
A program developed by Russian scientists under support from the International Science and Technology Center (Project 1917) helps to protect spacecraft from orbital debris that rushes at great speed, in the most effective and economic manner. view more (2005-03-03)
Space is big, but not big enough
According to Douglas Adams, in his famous book The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy, space is big. However, it seems near-Earth space is not big enough. In December 2001, the Space Shuttle pushed the International Space Station away from a discarded Russian rocket booster that was due to pass uncomfortably close. Space litter is a growing problem... view more... (2002-09-26)
Visit by Director of European Space Agency's Scientific Programme
Professor R M Bonnet, Scientific Programme Director at the European Space Agency (ESA), visited Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) today, Tuesday 30 January, to see a demonstration of the operations and data handling facilities for the Cluster spacecraft, which are due to be launched in the middle of this year. Cluster is a unique project... view more... (1996-02-01)
NRL sensor provides critical space weather observations
Launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., aboard an United Launch Alliance Atlas V launch vehicle, Oct. 18, 2009, the Special Sensor Ultraviolet Limb Imager (SSULI) developed by NRL's Space Science Division and Spacecraft Engineering Department offers a first of its kind technique for remote sensing of the ionosphere and thermosphere from... view more... (2009-11-04)
Rosetta all set for Mars swing-by
Rosetta, the European Space Agency's (ESA) spacecraft en route to comet 67P Churyumov Gerasimenko, is gearing up for a swing-by of Mars on 25th February 2007, which will help set it on the correct path to its final destination. view more (2007-02-20)
First Galileo satellite travels to launch site
GIOVE A, the first Galileo satellite, departed from ESA's test facility at the European Space Research and Technology Centre in The Netherlands on the morning of 29 November, bound for the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. view more (2005-12-02)
Chandra examines Jupiter during new horizons approach
On February 28, 2007, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft made its closest approach to Jupiter on its ultimate journey to Pluto. This flyby gave scientists a unique opportunity to study Jupiter using the package of instruments available on New Horizons, while coordinating observations from both space- and ground-based telescopes including NASA's... view more... (2007-03-02)
Royal Society Summer Exhibition - Take Part In The Cassini-Huygens Mission
UK space scientists are involved in a plethora of spacecraft that are currently exploring the planets, moons and comets in our Solar System. The UK Goes to the Planets exhibit at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition provides an opportunity to find out about these missions direct from the scientists. Within the last couple of years we have... view more... (2004-06-30)
Venus mission will hold surprises says U. of Colorado planetary scientist
University of Colorado at Boulder planetary scientist Larry Esposito, a member of the European Space Agency's Venus Express science team, believes the upcoming mission to Earth's "evil twin" planet should be full of surprises. view more (2005-11-03)
Artemis starts its journey to final orbit
Thanks to ion propulsion, the Artemis mission is turning near-defeat into a success story. Nominal operations could start this summer, with ESA`s satellite, manufactured by Alenia Spazio as prime contractor (I), playing a significant role in the pursuit of high technology and advanced telecommunications. On 12 July 2001, 30 minutes after... view more... (2002-02-21)
GLAST Safely in Orbit, Getting Check-ups
Less than a week after launch, NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, is safely up-and-running well in orbit approximately 350 miles (565 kilometers) above Earth's surface. view more (2008-06-20)
IBEX spacecraft detects fast neutral hydrogen coming from the moon
NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft has made the first observations of very fast hydrogen atoms coming from the moon, following decades of speculation and searching for their existence. view more (2009-06-19)
CU-Boulder space scientists set for final spacecraft flyby of Mercury
NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft, which is toting an $8.7 million University of Colorado at Boulder instrument, will make its third and final flyby of Mercury on Sept. 29 -- a clever gravity-assist maneuver that will steer it into orbit around the rocky planet beginning in March 2011. view more (2009-09-29)
Comet dust from NASA mission under analysis
Scientists at the University of Chicago are among the first ever to analyze cometary dust delivered to Earth via spacecraft. view more (2006-02-21)
Catch a few rays this summer
Scientists already excited by NASA's plan to catch a piece of the Sun (Guardian, Monday 16 July 2001) can now catch up on the current sum of human knowledge about our star with the publication of The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Sun. While NASA will spend around £120 million on the Genesis spacecraft to be launched at the end of July,... view more... (2001-07-25)
Unique gathering of spacecraft yields new views, clues on Jupiter's magnetosphere
A space probe carrying British-designed and operated instruments has helped scientists to understand the magnetosphere surrounding Jupiter better than ever before. view more (2002-02-26)
Baby satellites
ESA's second microsatellite, Proba-2, is under development for a launch early in 2006. Like Proba-1, in orbit since October 2001, Proba-2 will be no larger than a domestic washing machine and will weigh only 100 kilograms. The name Proba comes from the Project for On-board Autonomy. It blazes a trail for space engineering in the future, when... view more... (2003-09-24)
Launched – the world’s first disaster monitoring service in space
27 September 2003 The world’s first small satellite constellation dedicated to monitoring global disasters has been launched by British company, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. Three further satellites for Surrey’s Disaster Monitoring Constellation were launched into low Earth orbit today, 27 September 2003, at 06:09 GMT onboard a... view more... (2003-10-01)
Artemis, one year after launch
A mission brought back from the edge, a world premiere in space, European engineers grappling with the challenge of a launch malfunction: such are the results of Artemis`s first, adventurous year in space. For Artemis is still alive, doggedly advancing towards its working position in geostationary orbit, with ion engines not originally designed... view more... (2002-07-12)
Stardust nears end of epic journey; researchers await its treasure
Donald Brownlee's heart skipped a beat six years ago when the launch of the Stardust spacecraft didn't happen as planned. view more (2006-01-04)
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