NASA ushered in the new year with a pair of probes circling the moon in preparation for the latest mission to determine what lies below the surface of Earth's closest neighbour.
As the world worries about worsening economic times, have we lost our fascination for what lies beyond the stars? Not according to French astrophysicist, Francis Rocard, who talks to Annette Young about how the French Space Studies Centre (CNES) is playing a key role in NASA’s latest mission to Mars to search for clues of life on the Red Planet.
Douglas Herbert meets Jean-François Clervoy, French Astronaut at the European Space Agency. The space shuttle Atlantis is due to be launched from Cape Canaveral in its final mission as part of NASA's 30 year space programme. Our guest has walked in space. He tells us what was it like.
First, Manhattan’s District Attorney, Cyrus Vance, is in hot water as the case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn crumbles. Also, is indoor football the key to Brazil's success on the pitch? Finally, direction Cape Canaveral where we have lift-off for the last time as Space Shuttle Atlantis prepares to blast off for its final spaceflight.
The space shuttle Endeavor is preparing to launch into space Monday. The shuttle will embark on a mission to the International Space Station to deliver spare parts and a detector that will search for signs of dark matter.
The space shuttle Discovery blasted off Thursday on its final mission to the International Space Station. When Discovery returns in March it will become the first of NASA's three-shuttle fleet to be retired.
Belgian citizens are asking for a new government to be formed as quickly as possible. In Mexico, appeals to end the violence are multiplying online. And a web user has made a video promoting the work of NASA.
SpaceX launched an unmanned space capsule from Cape Canaveral, Florida, Wednesday. It was the first time ever a private US company has attempted to put a spacecraft into orbit and bring it safely home.
After days of speculation that NASA was to reveal the existence of life on another planet, the space agency has announced it has made an alien discovery... on Earth. Experts say the bacterium, on the molecular level, is unlike all others on the planet. It was found in Lake Momo California - a place renowned for its high arsenic content. NASA says it's strong evidence that life may not have evolved from a single common ancestor.
Egypt’s Presidential election campaign has already begun online ; web users are campaigning for the liberation of a cyber-activist imprisoned in Bahrain ; and some spectacular videos filmed from the International Space Station.
