Space Exploration
Cebreros is Ready and Listening
The European Space Agency's new powerful 35-metre radio antenna in Cebreros, Spain came online earlier this month, to assist communications…
Solar Sail Goes Missing
The Planetary Society's solar sail prototype Cosmos 1 was launched from a Russian submarine yesterday, but it seems have gone…
Artificial Gravity Will Help Astronauts Handle Spaceflight
Prolonged exposure to microgravity causes astronauts to lose bone and muscle, so they have to exercise for hours a day…
Space Elevator Group to Manufacture Nanotubes
The Liftport Group of space elevator companies has announced that it will be building a carbon nanotubes manufacturing plant in…
First Centennial Prizes Announced
NASA announced on Wednesday their first Centennial Prizes, which will reward the development of new technologies for space exploration. The…
Greece Joins the ESA
Officials announced on Tuesday that Greece has formally become the 16th country to join the European Space Agency. The country's…
Why Colonize the Moon First?
As part of its new Vision for Space Exploration, NASA will first be returning to the Moon before sending human…
Keep an Eye on the Weather in Space
If you're going to head into space, make sure you check the weather forecast - the space weather forecast. Just…
Second Chinese Mission Announced
Chinese space officials have confirmed that their next mission, Shenzhou VI, could launch as early as September 2005. This next…
ESA and Russia Get Closer
Jean-Jacques Dordain, the Director General of the European Space Agency and Anatoly Perminov, the Head of the Russian Federal Space…