Saint-Hubert, le 5 novembre 2001 – L’Agence spatiale canadienne (ASC) a annoncé aujourd’hui que RADARSAT-1, le premier satellite canadien de télédétection à vocation commerciale, a achevé avec succès sa sixième […]
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St.Hubert, November 5, 2001 – The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) today announced that RADARSAT-1, Canada’s first commercial remote sensing satellite, has successfully completed its sixth year in space capturing more […]
Briefings Focus on Space Station Crew Exchange Mission
Space Shuttle Endeavour’s mission delivering a new crew to the International Space Station will be the focus of press briefings beginning at 9 a.m. EST, Tuesday, Nov. 13, from NASA’s […]
Media opportunities with STS-108 crew set for this week’s countdown
The crew of Space Shuttle mission STS-108, the 107th mission in the history of Shuttle flight, will be at Kennedy Space Center this week for the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test […]
NOAA and the National Space Club Seek Nominations for Prestigious NOAA-David Johnson Award
Applications are being sought for the prestigious National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-David Johnson Award. Nominees are professionals who have developed an innovative use of Earth observation satellite data that can […]
In Powerful Gamma-Ray Bursts, Neutrinos May Fly Out First, Scientists Say
The most powerful explosions in the universe, gamma-ray bursts, may come with a 10-second warning: an equally violent burst of ultra-high-energy particles called neutrinos. These neutrinos, nearly massless particles that […]
Satellites Shed Light on a Warmer World
While winter may be approaching, researchers using data from satellites and weather stations around the world have found the air temperature near the Earth’s surface has warmed on average by […]
Computer Vision Test Holds Promise for Robotic Eye Doctor
A five-minute vision test using a laptop computer with a touch-sensitive screen can be used on Earth and in space to help diagnose the onset of eye diseases and even […]
Giant Eyes for the VLTInterferometer
First Scientific Results with Combined Light Beams from Two 8.2-m Unit Telescopes It started as a preparatory technical experiment and it soon developed into a spectacular success. Those astronomers and […]
First Estimate of the Formation Temperature of Ammonia Ice in a Comet
Observations made with the High-Dispersion Spectrograph (HDS) of Subaru Telescope have, for the first time, allowed astronomers to measure the formation temperature of ammonia ice in a comet. The temperature […]