Space News Archive - February 15, 2010

The International Space Station’s new viewport is facing the Earth now, ready to provide a panoramic view of the planet below and approaching cargo ships.

The European Space Agency is about to launch the most sophisticated satellite ever to investigate the Earth’s ice fields and map ice thickness over water and land: lift-off scheduled for February 25.

Interfax news agency reported on Friday that the first launch of a Russian space rocket from a site has been delayed.