• Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 24th, 2010
SMOS Officially Begins Science Missions

SMOS Officially Begins Science Missions

After six months of commissioning

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 21st, 2010
Largest Airship in the World Ready to Fly

Largest Airship in the World Ready to Fly

It will act as a stratospheric satellite, designers say

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 14th, 2010
Ground Network Provides SMOS Data Confirmation

Ground Network Provides SMOS Data Confirmation

To test the satellite's accuracy

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 14th, 2010
Sun's Size Surprisingly Constant

Sun's Size Surprisingly Constant

Despite violent events taking place on the surface

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 13th, 2010
Proba-2 Surveys the Earth with Secondary Camera

Proba-2 Surveys the Earth with Secondary Camera

The ESA satellite is very small

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 11th, 2010
NASA Awards New GPM Contract

NASA Awards New GPM Contract

The satellites will survey global precipitations

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 10th, 2010
GOCE Looks at Gravity Anomalies Around the Himalayas

GOCE Looks at Gravity Anomalies Around the Himalayas

The satellite is extremely sensitive to gravity variations

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 7th, 2010
Satellite Captures Unique View of Iceland's Volcanic Eruption

Satellite Captures Unique View of Iceland's Volcanic Eruption

The ash clouds cover a significant area

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 5th, 2010
First All-Sky Infrared Catalogs Released After 25 Years

First All-Sky Infrared Catalogs Released After 25 Years

Two new datasets map the entire visible sky

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 5th, 2010
Experts Voice Concerns Over Weapons Race in Space

Experts Voice Concerns Over Weapons Race in Space

Due to recent activities by the United States

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 4th, 2010
A View of the Upcoming Proba V Space Mission

A View of the Upcoming Proba V Space Mission

The satellite is being built for ESA

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 4th, 2010
Galileo Test Vehicle Components 'Meet' for the First Time

Galileo Test Vehicle Components 'Meet' for the First Time

Inside a clean room at their integration site

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 4th, 2010
Off-Course Satellite Threatens to Collide with Others

Off-Course Satellite Threatens to Collide with Others

Experts lost contact with it last month

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 3rd, 2010
ESA Satellite Images Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

ESA Satellite Images Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

The slick is spreading rapidly

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 29th, 2010
Two ESA Satellites Feature Fiber Optics Systems

Two ESA Satellites Feature Fiber Optics Systems

The technology has not been used in space extensively

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 28th, 2010
GOES-15 Snaps First Infrared Images

GOES-15 Snaps First Infrared Images

It looked at Earth on April 26

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 28th, 2010
Creating a 'Perpetual Eclipse' in Space

Creating a 'Perpetual Eclipse' in Space

This is possible by using two satellites

 
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