Ian O'Neill
Heavy ATV Must Learn to Apply the Brakes Before Docking with the ISS
Although ESA's Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) will be approaching the International Space Station (ISS) at a rate slower than tortoise-pace,…
Genesis Scientists Finally Have Some Luck: Clues to Oxygen Content of Solar Wind
As the parachute failed on re-entry, a man hanging out of a helicopter wielding a big hook didn't have chance…
Could AA Tauri Hold the Biochemical Key to Extra-Terrestrial Life?
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has measured huge quantities of water and organic compounds surrounding the star AA Tauri, 450 light…
Orion Crew Module to Begin Testing in Run-up to 2020 Mission (Gallery)
The first tests of Constellation Program technology will start toward the end of 2008. In the first tests, a mock-launch…
Relief as Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) Propulsion System is Fixed
Problems struck the brand new ESA Automatic Transfer Vehicle (A T V) at 260km above the Earth shortly after it…
Germs Living in Space “Almost Three Times as Likely to Cause Disease”
In one experiment on board Space Shuttle Endeavor (STS-123) launched early this morning (at 2:28 am EST), the reaction of…
Jupiter has Van Allen Belts too, Just Bigger; Implications for Space Weather Prediction
Jupiter has a powerful magnetic field 20,000 times stronger than the Earth's. It is therefore of no surprise that the…
ESA Automated Transfer Vehicle Blasts Into Space (Video); See the ATV Mission Animation
The European Space Agency's (ESA) Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) has been successfully launched into orbit. The ATV, also known as…
Greedy Supermassive Black Holes Dislike Dark Matter
It is widely accepted that supermassive black holes (SMBHs) sit in the centre of elliptical galaxies or bulges of spiral…
The Ultimate Fund-Raising Scheme: Transmit Adverts To Aliens
OK, so there have been some strange things going on between us Earthlings and aliens lately. The deep-space Pioneer and…