Kessler Syndrome2

Space Junk: Why Gravity is More Plausible than You Might Think

By Guest Author on October 18, 2013

Gravity, the new space thriller starring George Clooney and Sandra Bullock, is being hailed as one of the greatest movies of modern science-fiction.... Read more →

Spacecraft Design

Novel Thrusters Being Developed for Nanosats

By Siddharth Raval on October 17, 2013

L. Brad King's prototype of a ferrofluid ion thruster. When subjected to voltage, the points of the crown arise from a ring-shaped trench circling a... Read more →

News

European Mars Rover Prototype on Test in Chile

By Phillip Keane on October 15, 2013

Bridget the rover, roaming the Atacama Desert (Credit: ESA/M. van Winnendael). In early October 2013, the Atacama Desert became the site of a Mars... Read more →

Analog Study

World Space Walk 2013: 4 Suits, 3 Countries, 2 Planets, 1 Goal

By Carmen Felix on October 15, 2013

On October 8th, during the celebrations of World Space Week, it was tested for the first time: an Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA) designed for... Read more →

Space Safety Lessons from Earth

Donaldson Enterprises Fatal Fireworks Explosion

By Terry Hardy on October 14, 2013

On April 8, 2011, an explosion occurred at Waikele Self Storage in Waipahu, Hawaii, on the island of Oahu. The facility was leased by Donaldson... Read more →

News

Roscosmos Tries Yet Another Chief

By Merryl Azriel on October 11, 2013

A long anticipated reorganization of the Russian space agency Roscosmos has begun with the appointment of a new agency chief. Former Deputy... Read more →