Book Review of Spacefarers: Images of Astronauts and Cosmonauts in the Heroic Era of Spaceflight
Spacefarers: Images of Astronauts and Cosmonauts in the Heroic Era of Spaceflight was released on July 9 by the Smithsonian Institution Scholarly... Read more →
European satellite GOCE Will Have an Uncontrolled Reentry
European Space Agency (ESA) has confirmed that the Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) satellite is preparing to... Read more →
That Time a Space Station Became Part of the Miss Universe Pageant
In 1979, a chunk of Skylab brought a whole new meaning to "world piece." The United States's first human-hosting orbital laboratory, Skylab, was... Read more →
Voyager 1’s Interstellar Journey Confirmed
After much back and forth, a new study seems to have determined once and for all that Voyager 1 is in interstellar space. "We literally jumped... Read more →
Proton Return to Flight Delayed
The Proton rocket, which has been grounded ever since a July 2 explosion just after launch, was scheduled to return to flight on September 17... Read more →
Deep Impact is Out of Touch, May be Lost
NASA lost contact with its Deep Impact probe on August 8 and has been unable to reestablish communication. Mission controllers postulate that... Read more →