Mishap Board Releases EVA Close Call Report
On February 26, the NASA board investigating the near-drowning of ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano on July 16, 2013 during an extravehicular activity... Read more →
Afronaut: Finding an African Space Hero
An Astronaut to Lead African Science and Development In the United States there are astronauts, in Russia there are cosmonauts, in China there are... Read more →
Lost Spacefarers: Astronaut Dale Gardner and Cosmonaut Valery Kubasov Die
This week has seen the deaths of two spacefarers: NASA's Dale Gardner, veteran of two Shuttle missions and Russia's Valery Kubasov who flew three... Read more →
ISS as a Nobel Peace Prize Nominee? Why Not?
This article was first published by Space News on February 17. It is reposted with permission of the author and editor. By Walter Peeters At... Read more →
Cosmos 1220 Took the Plunge, But What’s Left?
In the early morning hours of February 16, a long-defunct Russian surveillance satellite finally gave up the ghost, making the final plummet through... Read more →
The Story of the First V-2 Rocket Launch in Wassenaar, the Netherlands
Wassenaar is a small town, in the western area of the Netherlands, close to The Hague. Not many people know the role of this city in the history of... Read more →