World news about “Space technology” published by euronews.
The ISS crew enters the Dragon cargo craftNASA astronaut Don Pettit and International Space Station Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia open the hatch of the SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft… 26/05/2012
Global watchdog at risk Europe has adopted an extensive monitoring program to keep tabs on the environment whilst keeping us safe; it is called GMES, or Global Monitoring for… 26/04/2012
Evergreen Soyuz takes off from the Tropics It took Gagarin and Sputnik into space, and has flown safely over 1700 times: Soyuz is over 60 years old, but it begins a new tropical chapter this autumn… 21/10/2011
New detection system cuts threat from space junk Australian scientists have developed a laser system that can detect tiny pieces of space debris. The tens of thousands of pieces of junk that orbit the earth… 14/09/2011
New Russian space telescope goes into orbit A new ultra-powerful Russian space telescope has been launched into orbit by a rocket that blasted off from Kazakhstan on the 18th of July. The 3.8 tonne… 21/07/2011
Last launch of US Space shuttle AtlantisFreddy Porter, 5, plays with a toy space shuttle in the Rocket Garden of the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, near Cape Canaveral in Florida. Space… 08/07/2011
Space Shuttle – the last voyage A chapter in the history of space has ended with the launch of the American Shuttle Atlantis which marks the retirement of the Space Shuttle. It’s a chapter… 05/07/2011
Earth’s antimatter hunter takes flight Its real name is AMS-2 or Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer. Its job? Antimatter hunter. From May 2011 it will fly around 400 km above our heads in… 27/04/2011
Endeavour ends its career on a high The last Endeavour mission before its retirement is one of the most ambitious scientific searches ever attempted in Space: to track antimatter and dark matter… 27/04/2011
Satellites and planes: belt-up, take-off, log-in Surfing the internet at 10,000 metres, or landing a plane in zero visibility – it is all possible thanks to an increasing role being played in aviation by… 27/04/2011
Shuttle makes final flight to New YorkThe Enterprise took to the skies for the last time over America today as the retired space shuttle was carried from Dulles airport in Virginia to New York… 27/04/2012
Discovery officially handed over to new homeThe retired space shuttle Discovery has been officially handed over to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in the US, during a ceremony attended by… 20/04/2012
Time for the close-up – Dawn images of Vesta asteroidNASA’s Dawn spacecraft has sent the closest images it will take of the Vesta asteroid. The pictures were snapped less than 210 kilometres from the… 22/12/2011
Life on Mars probe launchedA rocket has blasted-off from Cape Canaveral in Florida carrying a new space probe on a nine-month journey to Mars. ‘Curiosity’, as it has been nicknamed… 27/11/2011
Life on MarsSpace agency NASA is launching a nuclear-powered probe on a nine-month journey to Mars in a bid to learn if there is or ever was life on the planet. The… 26/11/2011
Success as China passes its first space docking testChina has successfully carried out its first docking exercise between two unmanned spacecraft.The Shenzhou-8 joined the Tiangong-1space lab module 350… 03/11/2011
China hopes Shenzhou 8 will aid space lab projectThe blast-off marked a successful launch for China in a mission that will test its bid to become a major power in space. The unmanned Shenzhou 8 craft was… 01/11/2011
A boost to China’s space ambitionsIt is being described as a major test of China’s ability to gain a long-term foothold in space. The unmanned Shenzhou 8 spacecraft has blasted off from… 01/11/2011
Galileo ‘will complement, not compete with GPS’Paid for entirely by the European Commission – the price tag is currently around five billion euros, Galileo should provide better coverage and greater… 21/10/2011
Soyuz carries Galileo into spaceA Russian Soyuz rocket has launched from French Guiana, carrying the first of Europe’s two Galileo satellites. The launch from Europe’s space base in South… 21/10/2011
Defunct satellite set to hit earth in hoursNasa officials said on Saturday the defunct satellite which is due to come crashing down to earth would land in the next few hours. The satellite was… 24/09/2011
Deadline for satellite re-entry loomsScientists said on Thursday they won’t know until about two hours before a defunct NASA satellite re-enters the earth’s atmosphere, where it will likely… 23/09/2011
Shuttle Endeavour completes its final flightThe US space shuttle Endeavour has safely landed after its final flight. The ship touched down at its Florida home base in the early hours, completing its… 01/06/2011
