The MODIS instrument on NASA's Terra Earth Observing System spacecraft was used to track Hurricane Isabel, seen here nearing the US East Coast on 15 September. Other spacecraft were imaging the hurricane, while astronauts on the International Space Station took high-resolution video.
Source: Flight International
China’s AVIC has secured a contract from the China Manned Space Agency to develop a winged, reusable spacecraft called Haolong.
The UK Space Command’s first owned earth observation microsatellite has been launched, providing the inaugural element of a planned space-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) constellation.
Orbital launch pioneer SpaceX is being contracted by the American space agency NASA to develop a so-called “US Deorbit Vehicle” that can safely return the International Space Station to Earth via controlled re-entry.
