Stormy Saturn Session Seen
A Cassini spacecraft image captures a bright, oblong storm swirling high through the middle latitudes of the southern hemisphere.
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Dual Payload RISAT + ANUSAT Set For Late March Insertions
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to launch a "breakthrough" remote sensing satellite, RISAT, that can take pictures of Earth at night and even "see" through clouds and fog.
Read MoreHerschel Gets Processed + Cleaned For Its Journey
The European-built Herschel telescope has begun pre-launch processing at the Spaceport in French Guiana as preparations for Arianespace’s second Ariane 5 launch of 2009 shift into full gear.
Read MoreESA Begins Journey To Study the Stars . . . and Beyond
Each step puts ESA closer to Herschel beginning its flagship mission to study the formation of galaxies and stars.
Read MoreM3 Aboard Chandrayann-1 Makes ATK’s Day
Alliant Techsystems is celebrating the news that NASA's Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) has reached lunar orbit aboard the Indian Space Research Organization's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft and is now operational.
Read MoreAn Astronaut + More Satellites On Iran’s “Must Do” Agenda
Iran has initiated a 12-year project to send an astronaut into space, mere days after conducting its first domestic satellite launch.
Read MoreNASA’s Dawn Plummeting Toward Mars For Good Reason
Launched in September of 2007, and propelled by any one of a trio of hyper-efficient ion engines, NASA's Dawn spacecraft passed the orbit of Mars last summer.
Read MoreDione Crescent Has Casinni Attention
This high-phase view of Saturn's moon Dione shows the great contrast between the highly reflective ''wisps'' and the surrounding terrain.
Read MoreHappy Birthday, Columbus — The ISS’ Laboratory, That Is…
Exactly one year ago today, the European Columbus laboratory arrived at its berth on the International Space Station, signalling the start of a new era for Europe in human spaceflight.
Read MoreAntimatter Really Does Matter
Antimatter-hunting will, indeed, become a reality as NASA has officially scheduled for September 16th, 2010, the mission STS-134 which will transport to the International Space Station (ISS) the AMS (Anti-Matter Spectrometer), the European lab for particle physics, carried out with an important contribution by Italy.
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