Watch video of the Launch at SpaceRef.TV The joint NASA/French Space Agency oceanography satellite Jason 1 successfully rode a Delta II rocket into orbit from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base […]
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Studies of cirrus clouds by some 150 scientists may lead to improved forecasts of future climate change. Beginning next summer, scientists from NASA, other government agencies, academia and industry will […]
TIMED Atmospheric Spacecraft Successfully Launched
Watch video of the Launch at SpaceRef.tv NASA’s TIMED (Thermosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics) spacecraft ? en route to explore one of the last frontiers in Earth’s atmosphere ? […]
Lockheed Martin To Exit Global Telecommunications Services Business
Reinforces Focus on Core Businesses and Customers Announces a Nonrecurring and Unusual Charge of $1.7 Billion Reaffirms 2001 and 2002 Recurring Earnings & Cash Flow Outlook Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT) […]
The 100th Boeing Delta II Launches with Success
Boeing [NYSE:BA] marked a page in history today by successfully completing the 100th Delta II mission to deploy NASA’s Jason-1 and TIMED satellites into polar orbits. The Boeing Delta II […]
Le General Aubiniere Nous a Quitte
Avec la disparition du Général Robert AUBINIERE, premier Directeur Général du CNES, la Communauté spatiale française et Européenne perd l’un de ses pionniers et l’une de ses figures historiques. Né […]
UK astronomers reach for the stars
UK astronomers are poised to gain access to some of the world`s most advanced telescopes and to significantly upgrade national facilities following decisions reached at the December Council meeting of […]
ESO and PPARC Councils Endorse Terms of Accession
The Councils of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and the UK Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC), at their respective meetings on December 3 and 5, 2001, have endorsed […]
Rosetta reunion as Lander is delivered and mated
The Rosetta Lander, designed to be the first spacecraft in the history of space exploration to make a soft-landing on the icy nucleus of a comet, has now joined its […]
Bedrest study phase 1 comes to an end: meet the scientists and volunteers
In August this year ESA, CNES and NASDA started the first period of a study to validate countermeasures to cope with the demands of long-duration missions aboard the International Space […]