Satellites

New Plans for ESA’s Experimental Re-entry Vehicle

[/caption] ESA and Arianespace have signed a contract planning the launch of ESA’s new IXV (Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle) on Europe’s…

13 years ago

Satellite Captures Unusual “Cloud Streets”

[/caption] I love looking at unusual cloud formations, and these have to be some of the most intriguing. These long,…

13 years ago

Space Junk Problem? Just Fire a Laser!

[/caption] Imagine yourself as an astronaut performing scientific experiments and crowd-stunning aerobatics. Suddenly, ear-stinging, blaring alarms go off. Mission Control…

13 years ago

Satellite Image of the ‘Snowtober’ Storm

[/caption] An unusual October storm dumped wet heavy snow across much of the Northeast US over the weekend, as much…

13 years ago

NASA’s New Climate and Weather Satellite Launches

The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project, or NPP, launched successfully on a Delta 2 rocket early today…

13 years ago

Next Generation Climate and Weather Satellite Ready for Friday Launch

A new satellite that will test key technologies and instruments for the next generation of climate and weather-monitoring satellites is…

13 years ago

As the World Burns: Satellites Watch Fires Around the World

NASA put out this video last week and we missed covering it, but this is a very interesting little video…

13 years ago