SPACE.com – NASA’s next Mars rover may not launch for two more years, but that has not stopped the space agency from getting the vote out to name its new Mars Science Laboratory robotic explorer.
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In the run-up to the launch of the GOCE satellite on 16 March 2009, ESA’s YouTube channel is highlighting the mission with a series of videos.
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AP – President Barack Obama says he is extraordinarily proud of the astronauts aboard the linked shuttle-space station complex.
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The exchange of environmental information will be the focus of the ‘Towards eEnvironment’ conference held this week in Prague. ESA will host a GMES session to discuss the status of the programme and demonstrate how its services are helping users.
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Three educational experiments sponsored by ESA’s Education Office blasted off to the edge of space on 12 and 13 March during the latest REXUS sounding rocket campaign from the Esrange Space Centre in Kiruna, Sweden.
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SPACE.com – Twoschoolteachers-turned-astronauts floated outside the International SpaceStation Monday to wrap up some unfinished work, but were stymied by a stuckcargo carrier on the orbiting lab.
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SPACE.com – Astronauts aboard the space shuttleDiscovery will rest up for the trip home and may take a call from U.S.President Barack Obama Tuesday as they enter the home stretch of their missionto boost the International Space Station to full power.
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Spin-offs from space programmes are used in a new system for remote monitoring of heavy-duty machinery operating at excavation and mining sites worldwide. Using ESA’s Business Incubator, four companies working together with help from ESA experts, were able to pool ideas to produce a system with a faster response time, increasing both safety and productivity.
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SPACE.com – Twospacewalking astronauts ventured outside the International Space StationSaturday to set the stage for future construction and prime the outpost forJapan’s first space freighter.
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SPACE.com – A glitch with the space urinerecycler aboard the International Space Station on Sunday delayed a vital testfor a system that converts astronaut urine back into drinking water.
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