space (not spatial)

• December 3, 2007general, Remote Sensing, space (not spatial)

  China, Brazil partner to provide free remote sensing data for Africa

  At the 4th meeting of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) that was just held in Cape Town, South Africa, China and Brazil issued a joint statement announcing a plan […]

• November 15, 2007general, Remote Sensing, space (not spatial)

  Pictures of Earth from Rosetta

  The European Space Agency’s comet satellite completed it’s second swing around Earth on the 13th of this month. The swing is necessary to gain speed for it’s deep space mission. […]

• November 8, 2007general, space (not spatial)

  World’s first HDTV video of the moon

  Japan’s lunar explorer Kaguya, in orbit around the moon, has sent back the world’s first world’s first high-definition video of the moon’s surface. Both Japan and China currently have satellites […]

• October 28, 2007general, Remote Sensing, space (not spatial)

  Nice write-up On Landsat Data Continuity Mission

  On Thursday, NASA posted a nice short article on their Landsat mission website summarizing the planning for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission. The planned launch is July 2011, and Ball […]

• October 4, 2007general, space (not spatial)

  50 years since Sputnik

  I’m sure you’ve probably already seen it, but I have to give a shout out for the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik, the world’s first artificial orbiting satellite. […]

• August 23, 2007general, space (not spatial)

  Voyager 1 and 2 30 years and going strong!

  Happy birthday Voyager 2 (and soon Voyager 1)! Thirty years ago, Voyager 2 was launched into space to start what has been an incredibly successful 30 year mission… and that’s […]

• August 10, 2007general, space (not spatial)

  China’s lunar mapping plan

  China is continuing to expand its interest in space exploration, with plans to launch a lunar orbiter called Chang’e One later this year. The orbiter will carry an imaging instrument […]

• June 9, 2007general, space (not spatial)

  Mars Has Water!

  Or at least it looks that way. The Mars explorer has turned up evidence that there are small pools of water on the surface of Mars. The claim is bound […]

• April 25, 2007general, space (not spatial)

  Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter – Mapping the Moon

  Sometime next year, NASA is planning to launch the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission, which will focusing on mapping the moon’s surface in preparation for future human missions on the moon. […]

• April 10, 2007general, space (not spatial)

  Become a Rocket Scientist!

  NASA has launched a new program called CosmosCode, which is an attempt to open source space mission software. The Wired News article on the project details some of the goals […]