An advanced ‘electronic nose’ system, first developed to monitor the air quality inside space stations, is now being…
Many young people have great ideas about experiments they’d like to send into space. Unfortunately, flying experiments on…
Solsystemet består av åtte planeter som går i bane rundt vår lokale stjerne, Solen. Men visste du at det…
Many cars are now being fitted with satellite navigation devices, which tell the driver how to get from…
Few events are as dangerous as large-scale fires. Apart from the threat to their lives from choking smoke,…
In 2008, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope discovered carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a Jupiter-sized planet orbiting…
India has reached the Moon! Its Chandrayaan-1 (“Lunar Craft” 1) was captured by the Moon’s gravity on 8…
In 1877, the American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered two small moons circling the planet Mars. They were named…
The first images of Asteroid Steins taken by Rosetta’s instruments were derived from raw data and have delivered…
ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft is on its way to a rendezvous with a comet in 2014. During its 10-year…
With only a few weeks to go before the start of the Beijing Olympics, Chinese officials have been…
Since beginning operations in 1996, the ESA/NASA SOHO spacecraft has spent its time staring non-stop at the enormous,…
ESA’s four Cluster spacecraft have found that Earth and other planets have a way of shouting “I’m here!”…
Did you know that your weight is slightly different, depending on where you live? This is because the…
With data recorded on board Mars Express, you can hear Phoenix descend on to the surface of the…
ESA completed a key step in its ongoing support to NASA’s Phoenix mission, when signals from the Phoenix…
Europeans are now making regular flights to the International Space Station. By 2020, they may be setting foot…
Superman may have been able to see through walls with his X-ray vision, but European scientists have developed…
Would you like instant access to information on the buildings and scenery you see on your travels? A…
A new global portrait taken from space details Earth’s land cover with a resolution never before obtained. ESA,…
Imagine a planet with two drains, one in the north and the other in the south. Each drain…
Etter et oppdrag som varte i 12 dager, 18 timer, 21 minutter og 55 sekunder, er Atlantis tilbake på Jorden.
Columbus-laboratoriet er installert på den internasjonale romstasjonen.
After an unexpected delay due to a faulty fuel sensor on the US Space Shuttle, ESA’s Columbus laboratory…
Following its wonderfully successful missions to Mars, Venus and Titan, Europe is going to explore Mercury, the closest…
Crude oil from the wrecked 146 000-ton tanker, Hebei Spirit, is seen polluting the sea off South Korea…
In 1492, a small fleet of ships led by the Genoese navigator, Christopher Columbus, discovered the Americas. Now,…
An old friend returned home for a flying visit on 13 November. 44 months after its launch from…
Harmony has arrived at the International Space Station (ISS). On 26 October, spacewalkers Scott Parazynski and Douglas Wheelock…
