ISS Experiences Coolant Loop Shutdown
On December 11, the International Space Station (ISS) experienced an ammonia coolant loop failure resulting in excessive cooling. The loop is located... Read more →
Malfunction of Kurs-Na Resulted in a Manual Dock with ISS
On November 29, 2013, Russia’s Progress M-21M resupply vessel had to be manually docked to ISS, due to the failure of the spacecraft’s Kurs-NA... Read more →
Retrieving Space Debris Around the World: Interview with Dan Reichel
Recently, the reentry of the European Space Agency’s GOCE satellite caused some concerns that a few parts of the satellite could survive the... Read more →
How Pop-Music Helps in Space Debris Detection
The Murchinson Widefield Array is one of the precursors of the planned Square Kilometer Array (Credits: IBM) As odd as it may sound, popular music... Read more →
Blue Origin’s BE-3 Succeeds in Full Mission Cycle Test
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,... Read more →
India’s Mars Orbiter Mission Settled into Flight
India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), performed the Trans-Mars Injection (TMI) on 1st December, and is off on its long journey towards Mars. The... Read more →