Satellites
The Tiger Stripes and Geysers are Linked on Enceladus
Saturn's moon Enceladus is one of the most peculiar objects in the Solar System. We now know there are geysers…
Ariane 5 Lofts Two Satellites
An Ariane 5 rocket blasted off its launch pad on Friday, October 5, carrying two telecommunications satellites into orbit. The…
Google Maps are Going to Get Better After Today’s Satellite Launch
Come on, admit it, you've spent hours gazing at Google Maps and Google Earth, finding your house, school, and seeing…
Ariane 5 Lofts Two Satellites
Two satellites were carried into space Tuesday evening, atop a massive Ariane 5 rocket, which blasted off from Europe's Spaceport…
The Whole Sky Seen in Infrared
Okay, shift your eyes into the infrared, and then look up into the night sky. What? You can't see in…
Gamma Ray Observatory Will Launch in December
NASA has Hubble, Spitzer and Chandra to cover visible, ultraviolet, infrared and X-ray portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. The next…
Servicing Spacecraft Makes an Automated Fly Around
Launching a spacecraft is a big investment. If anything goes wrong, you've got hundreds of millions of dollars of junk…
NASA Working on a Folding Tether System
Science@NASA has a cool article about how US and Japanese researchers are working on a folding tether system that could…
Israeli Spy Satellite Launches
Here's a launch that went almost unnoticed. An Israeli military spy satellite blasted off on Monday morning from the Palmachim…
Ariane 5 Lofts Two Satellites
An Ariane 5 rocket roared from the European Spaceport in French Guiana on Friday, carrying two satellites into geostationary transfer…