Cold Weather Delays Shuttle Launch

23 years ago

Unusually cold weather in Florida has forced NASA to push back Thursday's launch of the space shuttle Columbia for its…

Quikscat Satellite Goes Operational

23 years ago

Weather forecasters have added wind speed and direction data from NASA's Quick Scatterometer spacecraft (Quikscat) to help them predict violent…

Ariane Rocket Places Intelsat Bird into Orbit

23 years ago

An Ariane 44L rocket lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana on Saturday at 0659 GMT (1:59am EST), carrying an Intelsat…

Columbia Countdown Begins

23 years ago

NASA began the countdown on Monday for the upcoming launch the space shuttle Columbia on a mission to upgrade the…

Bow Shock in a Merging Galactic Cluster

23 years ago

A new image taken by the Chandra X-Ray observatory reveals a bow-shaped shock wave towards one side of an extremely…

Atlas III Lofts EchoStar Satellite

23 years ago

The second flight of the Atlas 3B rocket lifted off from Florida today, carrying an EchoStar 7 direct broadcasting satellite…

Martian Floods Could be Recent

23 years ago

Scientists from the University of Arizona believe that water may have erupted onto the surface of Mars as recently as…

Odyssey Mapping Mission Begins

23 years ago

After months of orbital manoeuvres, the Mars Odyssey spacecraft is ready to get to work searching for water on the…

Families Might Make the Best Spacefarers

23 years ago

According to John Moore, a University of Florida anthropologist, families might have the right social dynamic to take on long…

First Detection of Short Gamma Ray Burst Afterglow

23 years ago

Scientists believe they have spotted the first evidence of a radiation afterglow from short gamma-ray bursts. The afterglow from the…