Missions
ESA Agrees to Begin Venus Express
Image credit: ESA The members of the European Space Agency agreed to start work on Venus Express, which will reuse…
CONTOUR Comet Mission Launches
Image credit: NASA NASA's Comet Nucleus Tour (CONTOUR) spacecraft launched successfully on board a Boeing Delta II rocket this week.…
Odyssey Gets More Sensitive
Image credit: NASA Flight controllers for the Mars Odyssey completed a milestone on Tuesday when they ordered the spacecraft to…
Cassini’s Feeling Fine
Image credit: NASA NASA's Cassini spacecraft continues to hurtle towards its distant rendezvous with the planet Saturn in July 1,…
Baikonur Cosmodrome Roof Collapses
The roof of an 80-metre hanger at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan collapsed on Sunday trapping eight workers under the…
ESA Plans Another Look at the Moon
The European Space Agency is working on a new spacecraft that will visit the Moon and map its surface in…
Galileo Navigation System is a Go
European transport ministers have approved a plan to develop Galileo, a satellite navigation system. Galileo, which is due to come…
Grace Satellites Launched
Image credit: NASA NASA and the German Center for Air and Space Flight successfully launched the Gravity Recovery and Climate…
Grace Readied for Launch
Image credit: NASA NASA and the German Space Agency are getting ready to launch the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment…
NASA Makes Contact With Pioneer
Even though it's a distant 11.9 billion kilometres away, Pioneer 10 is still coming in loud and clear. NASA scientists…