Deep Space Exploration3

Interstellar travel: Fact is fiction is fact

By Shivaprakash Muruganandham on February 9, 2015

In late 2012, after a 37-year journey, the Voyager 1 probe became the first ever object from Earth to leave the Heliosphere, a region of space... Read more →

Press Releases

IAASS Signs MoU with SGAC

By Carmen Felix on February 6, 2015

The International Association for Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS), sponsor of Space Safety Magazine, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding... Read more →

Asteroids and Comets

What if an Asteroid Was About to Hit Earth?

By Joe Pelton on February 6, 2015

Sci-fi movies that depict Earth’s near destruction from incoming asteroids like Armageddon or Deep Impact are seen as “scary entertainment” far... Read more →

Space on Earth

Space Economy: an Overview

By Violetta Orban on February 4, 2015

Space economy is the full range of activities and the use of resources that create value and benefits to human beings in the course of exploring,... Read more →

Spacecraft Design

Reusable Launch Vehicles: An Indian Perspective

By Shrirrup P. Nambiar on February 2, 2015

Launching satellites or humans to space is a costly affair. Since man stepped on moon, it has been the constant dream of engineers, policymakers and... Read more →

Space Disasters

The Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster

By Ramasamy Venugopal on January 30, 2015

The Columbia Disaster is one of the most tragic events in spaceflight history. Its impact on US human spaceflight program, and the resulting... Read more →