News articles tagged with 'mission' (Page 33)
NASA mission to asteroid belt rescheduled for September launch
— 8 Jul 2007 03:17 | AstronomyThe launch of NASA's Dawn spacecraft, a mission that will explore the two largest objects in the asteroid belt in an effort to answer questions about the formation of our solar system,…
Hydrocarbons found on Hyperion
— 5 Jul 2007 02:32 | AstronomyNASA's Cassini spacecraft has revealed for the first time surface details of Saturn's moon Hyperion, including cup-like craters filled with hydrocarbons that may indicate more widespread…
Media bid farewell to Jules Verne
— 3 Jul 2007 02:36 | AstronomyLast week, members of the international press visited the clean rooms at ESTEC, ESA's research and technology centre, in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, to view the Automated Transfer Vehicle…
Atlantis due to return to Earth
— 22 Jun 2007 15:22 | AstronomyFollowing an 8-day visit to the International Space Station, Space Shuttle Atlantis is due to land in Florida later today. Yesterday's landing opportunities at NASA's Kennedy Space…
Samba and Tango flying closer than ever for better science
— 22 Jun 2007 00:01 | AstronomyAfter weeks of manoeuvres, Samba and Tango, two of ESA's four Cluster satellites are now orbiting in formation, separated by only 17 km. This is the closest two ESA satellites have…
ESA and NASA sign agreement on James Webb Space Telescope and LISA Pathfinder
— 18 Jun 2007 14:51 | AstronomyAt a ceremony that took place today at the Paris Air Show at Le Bourget, ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain and NASA Administrator Michael Griffin signed the official agreements…
Venus Express and MESSENGER to look at Venus in tandem
— 4 Jun 2007 19:37 | AstronomyOn 6 June this year, scientists all around the world will be watching with eager eyes as not one but two spacecraft observe Venus simultaneously. ESA's Venus Express, in orbit around…
NASA gives go for space shuttle launch on 8 June
— 2 Jun 2007 13:29 | AstronomyNASA senior managers selected 8th of June as the official launch date for space shuttle Atlantis. Commander Rick Sturckow and his six crewmates are scheduled to lift off at 7:38 PM…
NASA mission checks health of the ice sheet and glaciers of Greenland
— 31 May 2007 07:18 | EnvironmentA NASA-led research team has returned from Greenland after an annual three-week mission to check the health of its glaciers and ice sheet. About 82 percent of Greenland is made up of…
Cassini CAT scan maps clumps in the rings of Saturn
— 22 May 2007 19:40 | AstronomyThe largest and most densely packed ring of Saturn is composed of dense clumps of particles separated by nearly empty gaps, according to new findings from NASAs Cassini spacecraft.…