Science and Technology Facilities Council News and Press Releases
8 Feb 2010, 11:29 UTC
Scientists working on the Cassini space mission have found negatively charged water ions in the ice plume of Enceladus. Their findings, based on analysis from data taken in plume fly-throughs in 2008 and reported in the journal Icarus, provide evidence for the presence of liquid water, which suggests the ingredients for life inside the icy moon.
Signs of liquid water in Saturnian moon
8 Feb 2010, 11:29 UTC
Scientists working on the Cassini space mission have found negatively charged water ions in the ice plume of Enceladus. Their findings, based on analysis from data taken in plume fly-throughs in 2008 and reported in the journal Icarus, provide evidence for the presence of liquid water, which suggests the ingredients for life inside the icy moon.
ESA Human Spaceflight and Exploration
8 Feb 2010, 06:44 UTC
ESA PR 02-2010 Space Shuttle Endeavour was launched at 10:14:08 CET today and is heading for the International Space Station carrying two sophisticated European modules: Node-3 (Tranquility) and Cupola. Their installation will mark the completion of the non-Russian part of the ISS, with more than a third of the pressurised Station elements designed and built in Europe.
Node-3 and Cupola: European technology to complete the ISS
8 Feb 2010, 06:44 UTC
ESA PR 02-2010 Space Shuttle Endeavour was launched at 10:14:08 CET today and is heading for the International Space Station carrying two sophisticated European modules: Node-3 (Tranquility) and Cupola. Their installation will mark the completion of the non-Russian part of the ISS, with more than a third of the pressurised Station elements designed and built in Europe.
ESA Top News
7 Feb 2010, 06:44 UTC
NASA has scheduled Space Shuttle Endeavour's next launch attempt for Monday 8 February at 10:14 CET. The Mission Management Team will meet just after midnight (00:15 CET) to give the 'go' to fill Endeavour's external fuel tank with propellant.
'No go' for Endeavour's Launch on Sunday
7 Feb 2010, 06:44 UTC
NASA has scheduled Space Shuttle Endeavour's next launch attempt for Monday 8 February at 10:14 CET. The Mission Management Team will meet just after midnight (00:15 CET) to give the 'go' to fill Endeavour's external fuel tank with propellant.
ESA Human Spaceflight and Exploration
5 Feb 2010, 15:01 UTC
Space Shuttle Endeavour is being prepared at the Kennedy Space Center for a launch towards the International Space Station. Countdown is on and the first Space Shuttle mission of the 2010 is due to begin at 10:39 Central European Time (CET) this Sunday.
Follow the launch of STS-130 with Node-3 & Cupola
5 Feb 2010, 15:01 UTC
Space Shuttle Endeavour is being prepared at the Kennedy Space Center for a launch towards the International Space Station. Countdown is on and the first Space Shuttle mission of the 2010 is due to begin at 10:39 Central European Time (CET) this Sunday.
ESA Human Spaceflight and Exploration
5 Feb 2010, 11:25 UTC
The unmanned Progress-36 space ferry reached the International Space Station this morning with fresh food, air, propellant, scientific experiments and other cargo. The crew of the Space Station got also an extra treat: a 3D movie camera from ESA.
Stay tuned for stunning hi-def 3D videos from ISS
5 Feb 2010, 11:25 UTC
The unmanned Progress-36 space ferry reached the International Space Station this morning with fresh food, air, propellant, scientific experiments and other cargo. The crew of the Space Station got also an extra treat: a 3D movie camera from ESA.
NASA's Ames Research Center News and Features
5 Feb 2010, 05:00 UTC
NASA scientists hope to better understand exactly how and why plants grow differently in space in an experiment named, Tropi.
NASA to Study Seeds in Space to Understand Plant Growth
5 Feb 2010, 05:00 UTC
NASA scientists hope to better understand exactly how and why plants grow differently in space in an experiment named, Tropi.
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Space Fellowship
9 Feb 2010, 09:49 UTC
(Kepler) - Kepler experienced a safe mode event on February 2, 2010. A safe mode is a self-protective measure that the spacecraft takes when something unexpected occurs. During safe mode, the spacecraft points the solar panels directly at the sun and begins to slowly rotate about a sun-aligned axis. As a safety precaution, the spacecraft turned off a redundant system, photometer, and both star trackers. Engineers immediately began telemetry analysis to determine the spacecraft’s subsystem [...]
Kepler Mission Manager Update
9 Feb 2010, 09:49 UTC
(Kepler) - Kepler experienced a safe mode event on February 2, 2010. A safe mode is a self-protective measure that the spacecraft takes when something unexpected occurs. During safe mode, the spacecraft points the solar panels directly at the sun and begins to slowly rotate about a sun-aligned axis. As a safety precaution, the spacecraft turned off a redundant system, photometer, and both star trackers. Engineers immediately began telemetry analysis to determine the spacecraft’s subsystem [...]
The Discovery Enterprise
9 Feb 2010, 08:05 UTC
Today on Discovery Enterprise we follow the world's greatest scientists as they attempt to comprehend a mysterious phenomenon that Einstein believed could only exist in the realm of theoretical physics. We now know there are millions of black holes in our galaxy, and they are the scariest things we know the least about.Seeing Black Holes
Seeing Black Holes
9 Feb 2010, 08:05 UTC
Today on Discovery Enterprise we follow the world's greatest scientists as they attempt to comprehend a mysterious phenomenon that Einstein believed could only exist in the realm of theoretical physics. We now know there are millions of black holes in our galaxy, and they are the scariest things we know the least about.Seeing Black Holes
Space Pragmatism
9 Feb 2010, 07:18 UTC
Data from observations of Planck will be available until 2012. Meanwhile, those obtained after 7 years by WMAP come to be. No revelations except that the agreement between the model and said LambdaCDM observations continues to be excellent and that the anomalies, possible signatures of new physics, given in the ...
Inflation, dark energy and matter by WMAP 7
9 Feb 2010, 07:18 UTC
Data from observations of Planck will be available until 2012. Meanwhile, those obtained after 7 years by WMAP come to be. No revelations except that the agreement between the model and said LambdaCDM observations continues to be excellent and that the anomalies, possible signatures of new physics, given in the ...
Space Pragmatism
9 Feb 2010, 07:18 UTC
Two of the moons of Jupiter, Ganymede and Callisto, have almost the same size. They should therefore have been similar developments and present surrounding structures. But this is not the case at all. According to two researchers from Southwest Research Institute, the solution to this enigma lies in the Late ...
Ganymede and Callisto Why are they so different?
9 Feb 2010, 07:18 UTC
Two of the moons of Jupiter, Ganymede and Callisto, have almost the same size. They should therefore have been similar developments and present surrounding structures. But this is not the case at all. According to two researchers from Southwest Research Institute, the solution to this enigma lies in the Late ...
Eastside Astro-Blog
9 Feb 2010, 05:15 UTC
I guess there are some sad parallels with this. Apollo 17 was the last mission to the moon, the last manned flight of a Saturn V and the only night launch of that spacecraft. Apollo 18, 19, and 20 were canceled ending that part of history. Early this morning shuttle Endeavour was launched on STS-130 mission to the ISS, this isn't the last shuttle flight yet, but it was the last scheduled night
Last night launch of the shuttle.....and I was there!
9 Feb 2010, 05:15 UTC
I guess there are some sad parallels with this. Apollo 17 was the last mission to the moon, the last manned flight of a Saturn V and the only night launch of that spacecraft. Apollo 18, 19, and 20 were canceled ending that part of history. Early this morning shuttle Endeavour was launched on STS-130 mission to the ISS, this isn't the last shuttle flight yet, but it was the last scheduled night
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