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…

22 years ago

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.…

22 years ago

Odyssey Gets More Sensitive

Image credit: NASA Flight controllers for the Mars Odyssey completed a milestone on Tuesday when they ordered the spacecraft to…

22 years ago

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,…

23 years ago

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…

23 years ago

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…

23 years ago

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…

23 years ago

Grace Satellites Launched

Image credit: NASA NASA and the German Center for Air and Space Flight successfully launched the Gravity Recovery and Climate…

23 years ago

Grace Readied for Launch

Image credit: NASA NASA and the German Space Agency are getting ready to launch the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment…

23 years ago

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…

23 years ago