Rendezvous and Docking

iDocking: Interview with Iacopo Baroncini

By Giulia Federico on May 9, 2013

Iacopo Baroncini inside the Soyuz Simulator at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne (Credits: Iacopo Baroncini). Every space enthusiast... Read more →

Extreme Solar Weather

Joint Action Group Looks at Coming Decade of Space Weather

By Merryl Azriel on May 9, 2013

Figure 1 fro mteh report, captioned "Conditions-Systems-Impacts-Actions Linkage" (Credits: National Space Weather Program Council). In the 2010... Read more →

News

Biomass Satellite Selected as ESA’s 7th Earth Explorer Mission

By Phillip Keane on May 9, 2013

The Biomass mission aims to "weigh" Biomass, particularly in the tropics (Credits: ESA). ESA announced on May 7th that the “Biomass”... Read more →

Media

The Many Views of a Solar Eruption

By Staff Writers on May 8, 2013

By now we're used to the images. In brilliant orange, neon green, or electric blue, we see the ever changing surface of the Sun, its sunspots,... Read more →

Launch1

How Students Learn Safety Launching Rockets

By Matteo Emanuelli on May 8, 2013

DARE students place the capsule atop the STRATOS I rocket (Credits: DARE/SSE/Esrange). One may think that launching rockets could be a dangerous... Read more →

News

Vega Delivers 3 Satellites on its Confirmation Launch

By Matteo Emanuelli on May 8, 2013

Vega's liftoff from Kourou on May 7 (Credits: ESA). The European lightweight launcher Vega has successfully completed its second flight,... Read more →