European scientists will be ‘turning off’ the effects of gravity during the STS-107 Space Shuttle research mission this month in order to gain a better understanding of processes in medicine, ...
Veteran spacecraft overcome computer glitches as atmosphere 'flooded by electrons' Almost two years ago, a solar storm hit Earth, triggering auroras that were seen as far south as Mexico. The storm ...
Earth and Mars showed very different responses to the same solar storm.
ESA astronaut Umberto Guidoni returned to Earth yesterday (01 May) proud to have become the first European astronaut to set foot on the International Space Station. Space Shuttle Endeavour with its ...
A storm from the Sun can make a planet’s sky glow or a spacecraft’s computer stumble. At Mars in May 2024, it did both, just ...
Space tourist Charles Simonyi will contribute to research for the European Space Agency (ESA) during his 10-day visit to the International Space Station next month, Space Adventures announced March 29 ...
A European research aircraft was able to exchange 2.6 gigabits per second with a geostationary satellite for several minutes.