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Blue Origin's November 20th BE-3 test fire (Credits: NASA).

Blue Origin’s BE-3 Succeeds in Full Mission Cycle Test

By Göktuğ Karacalıoğlu

Close up of the BE-3 static fire test (Credits: Blue Origin). Blue Origin successfully made a static firing test of its Blue Engine-3,...

Spectacular view of Skylab, as seen from the departing crew of Gerry Carr, Ed Gibson, and Bill Pogue on 8 February 1974. This would be the last occasion that Skylab was ever seen, up close, by human eyes (Credits: NASA).

All the King’s Horses: The Final Mission to Skylab (Part 4)

By AmericaSpace

By Ben Evans This is the final installment of a four part...

The crew of America’s final Skylab mission: Gerry Carr, Ed Gibson, and Bill Pogue. They were the first humans to spend New Year in space in 1973-74 (Credits: NASA).

All the King’s Horses: The Final Mission to Skylab (Part 3)

By AmericaSpace

Debris from the Chang'e-3 moon-mission rocket launch was reportedly found in a forest in southwest China (Credits: ChinaNews).

Cheng’e-3 Launch May Have Dropped Debris on Village

By Merryl Azriel

Falcon 9 v1.1 lifts-off from Cape Canaveral for its first GTO mission (Credits: SpaceX).

In Third Launch Campaign, Falcon 9 Successfully Kicks-off into GTO

By Göktuğ Karacalıoğlu

Falcon 9 v1.1 lifts-off from Cape Canaveral for its first...

The Aurora Hunter Credits: Indie Alaska/PBS

Chasing Aurorae with the Aurora Hunter

By Staff Writers

The Proton and its failed Breeze-M upper staged are manufactured at the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Centre (Credits: Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Centre).

Putin Signs Decree to Establish New Space Corporation

By moonandback

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Blue Origin's November 20th BE-3 test fire (Credits: NASA).

Focus

Blue Origin’s BE-3 Succeeds in Full Mission Cycle Test

By Göktuğ Karacalıoğlu on December 9, 2013

Close up of the BE-3 static fire test (Credits: Blue Origin). Blue Origin... Read more →

Spectacular view of Skylab, as seen from the departing crew of Gerry Carr, Ed Gibson, and Bill Pogue on 8 February 1974. This would be the last occasion that Skylab was ever seen, up close, by human eyes (Credits: NASA).

Lessons Learned

All the King’s Horses: The Final Mission to Skylab (Part 4)

By AmericaSpace on December 6, 2013

By Ben Evans This is the final installment of a four part series on the final Skylab... Read more →

The crew of America’s final Skylab mission: Gerry Carr, Ed Gibson, and Bill Pogue. They were the first humans to spend New Year in space in 1973-74 (Credits: NASA).

Lessons Learned

All the King’s Horses: The Final Mission to Skylab (Part 3)

By AmericaSpace on December 5, 2013

By Ben Evans This is the third part of a four part series on the final Skylab mission.... Read more →

Debris from the Chang'e-3 moon-mission rocket launch was reportedly found in a forest in southwest China (Credits: ChinaNews).

News

Cheng’e-3 Launch May Have Dropped Debris on Village

By Merryl Azriel on December 4, 2013

Debris from the Chang'e-3 moon-mission rocket launch reportedly hit some small villages... Read more →

Falcon 9 v1.1 lifts-off from Cape Canaveral for its first GTO mission (Credits: SpaceX).

News

In Third Launch Campaign, Falcon 9 Successfully Kicks-off into GTO

By Göktuğ Karacalıoğlu on December 4, 2013

Falcon 9 v1.1 lifts-off from Cape Canaveral for its first GTO mission (Credits:... Read more →

The Aurora Hunter Credits: Indie Alaska/PBS

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Chasing Aurorae with the Aurora Hunter

By Staff Writers on December 3, 2013

Todd Salat spends his nights in Alaska, recording dramatic images of the Northern... Read more →

The Proton and its failed Breeze-M upper staged are manufactured at the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Centre (Credits: Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Centre).

News

Putin Signs Decree to Establish New Space Corporation

By moonandback on December 3, 2013

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed into law a decree to establish a... Read more →

Japan Air Commuter, JA847C (Credits: Japan Transportation Safety Board).

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Lessons for Space Safety from Life on Earth: Flawed Risk Assessment Leads to In-Flight Engine Failure

By Terry Hardy on December 2, 2013

On March 25, 2009, a Bombardier DHC-8-402 operated by Japan Air Commuter Company... Read more →

Liftoff of China’s Chang’e 3 & their “Jade Rabbit” Yutu rover to the surface of the moon from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China. Image Credit: CCTV

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China Launches Chang’e 3 On Country’s First Mission To Land On The Moon

By AmericaSpace on December 2, 2013

By Mike Killian Today, under cover of darkness, China successfully launched their... Read more →

The six fragments of the supposed meteorite retrieved by Lippard (Credits: Wayne Lippard)

News

Did Meteorites Strike a 7-Year Old Florida Boy?

By Matteo Emanuelli on November 29, 2013

Fox News reported that a 7-year-old boy of Loxahatchee, Florida, might have been struck... Read more →

The first of two launch aborts for the Falcon 9 on November 28 (Credits: SpaceX).

News

Falcon 9 GEO Launch Attempt Aborts for the Second Day

By Göktuğ Karacalıoğlu on November 29, 2013

SpaceX, for the second day, had to call a scrub of its attempt to launch the SES-8... Read more →

In 2008, China became the third nation to conduct an EVA from a spacecraft (Credits: China.org.cn).

Sci&Tech

Space Wardrobe Design: Chinese Spacesuit Analysis and Inspiration

By Nikita Marwaha on November 28, 2013

Chinese taikonauts Zhai Zhigang (center), Liu Boming (right) and Jing Haipeng... Read more →

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