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Superconducting Submillimeter-Wave Limb-Emission Sounder (SMILES)
The main scientific objective of the SMILES mission is to study the recovery and stability of the stratospheric ozone, also known as the ozone layer.
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T-38 Aircraft Flyover Washington Metro Area April 5
04.03.12 - NASA, in cooperation with the FAA, will conduct training and photographic flights on Thursday, April 5, over the Washington, D.C. area.
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Space Station Keeps Watch on World's Sea Traffic
As the International Space Station circles Earth, it has been tracking individual ships crossing the seas beneath.
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ATV-3 Arrives at Station
03.29.12 - The “Edoardo Amaldi” Automated Transfer Vehicle-3 (ATV-3) docked automatically to the aft port of the Zvezda service module at 6:31 p.m. EDT Wednesday March 28, 2012.
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Robotic Refueling Mission: Fueling up in Space
03.26.12 - Dextre's first research and development experiment is testing how robots could refuel satellites.
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Beaming Success for Station Fans
03.23.12 - Did you ever use a flashlight to send a Morse code message to your neighbor at night as a kid?
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Cargo Ship Carries Investigations to the Space Station
03.23.12 - When the European Space Agency's Automated Transfer Vehicle cargo ship arrives at the Space Station on March 28, it will be packed with supplies.
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European Cargo Ship Launches to Space Station
03.23.12 - The European Space Agency's third Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV-3) launched atop an Ariane 5 rocket from the European space port in Kourou, French Guiana, at 12:34 a.m. EDT Friday, beginning a six-day journey to the International Space Station.
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Red Food For the Red Planet
Among the many issues space programs face as they develop plans to send a human mission to Mars, the question of life support ranks near the top.
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Japan Shares Space Station SMILES
03.19.12 - Did you panic when you heard in recent news that two massive solar flares from the Sun were hitting Earth's atmosphere?