Cold Hard Facts! New Satellite Data Explores Fragile Arctic

The first maps of ice thickness courtesy of the European Space Agencyโ€™s (ESA) CryoSat mission are in โ€“ a new tool to advance polar science. ESAโ€™s CryoSat was lofted in April 2010. From orbit, the spacecraft has spent the last seven months delivering precise...

Reentry Recorder Onboard Incoming Automated Transfer Vehicle

Update: First word post-reentry of the ATV is that this experiment failed to phone home! An analysis is underway to determine what happened to the device. Meanwhile, data from the successful test of this device from the March reentry is ongoing and promises to provide...

NASA, ESA Unveil Much Anticipated Imagery of Shuttle Docked to Space Station

NASA previewed images of the shuttle Endeavour docked to the International Space Station on Tuesday, the first photos showing the wide sweep of the orbiting science laboratory with one of the U. S. orbiters attached. The photos, taken on May 23 by European Space...

Endeavour’s Crew to Break New Ground at the International Space Station

The International Space Station, a familiar destination for NASA shuttle missions, may be Endeavour’s last stop, but her crew of six astronauts promises to break new ground with the delivery of the first astronomical observatory and tests of a docking sensor for...