Missions
SOHO Mission Extended Through 2009
Artist illustration of SOHO and the Sun. Image credit: ESA. Click to enlarge NASA and ESA's long-running Solar and Heliospheric…
“Lucky” Cluster Spacecraft Buffeted by the Solar Wind
Sketch of the different regions in of Earth's magnetosphere. Image credit: ESA. Click to enlarge ESA's Cluster spacecraft were in…
Dawn Returns from Cancellation
An artist's illustration of Dawn spacecraft. Image credit: NASA Click to enlarge Until last week, prospects for the Dawn mission…
Night of the Living Dead… Stars
Artist's view of an X-ray pulsar as seen by Integral. Image credit: NASA Click to enlarge Like the shambling monsters…
CryoSat-2 Will be Constructed
Officials at the European Space Agency have approved a plan to build and launch a replacement spacecraft for destroyed CryoSat…
Stardust’s Samples Under Analysis
Scientists at the University of Chicago have received their first samples of cometary dust from NASA's Stardust mission, which returned…
Japan’s New Satellite Sends Back its First Image
Japan's recently launched Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS) has sent back its first pictures of Earth - Mt Fuji and…
Stardust Placed Into Hibernation
Having successfully delivered its fragile payload of comet and interstellar dust samples, Stardust is a spaceship without a purpose. This…
10 Days Until Stardust Returns
NASA's Stardust spacecraft performed its 18th and second-to-last flight maneuver on January 5th, perfecting its aim for Earth. On January…
Ariane 5 Blasts Off with Two Satellites
An Ariane 5 rocket blasted off from the Guiana Space Centre on December 21, carrying two satellites into orbit: ESA's…