News

Five Proton-M Rockets May Be Launched by End of 2013

By Matteo Emanuelli on July 24, 2013

Proton rocket rolling out for launch. Commercial launches may be preceded by a demonstrator flight carrying a Russian satellite (Credits:... Read more →

Space Science

Shenzhou-10 Used to Mutate Chinese Medicine Seeds

By Merryl Azriel on July 23, 2013

Shenzhou 10 brought back more than its crew from space. The capsule carried Chinese Medicine seeds, irradiated in the hopes of improving potency and... Read more →

Asteroids and Comets

How NASA Space Assets Will Observe Comet ISON

By Staff Writers on July 23, 2013

Comet ISON, discovered September 21, 2012, presents a rare opportunity to study a "fresh" comet - one newly detached from the Oort Cloud, carrying... Read more →

Extravehicular Activities

NASA Scrambles to Get Suit Kit to ISS as Leak Investigation Continues

By Merryl Azriel on July 23, 2013

Spacesuits lay idle until a leak in Parmitano's suit, pictured left, can be found and resolved (Credits: NASA). NASA seems to be making progress in... Read more →

Deep Space ExplorationPress Releases

An Elevator to Space: Markus Landgraf at TEDxRheinMain

By Staff Writers on July 22, 2013

Markus Landgraf is mission analyst at the European Space Agency ESA in Darmstadt/Germany. His is always looking for technologies that will open new... Read more →

Space in Everyday Life

Your View from ISS: Delayed

By Merryl Azriel on July 22, 2013

Former cosmonaut Alexey Leonov, left, the first man to perform a spacewalk, passed an Olympic Torch to Mikhail Tyurin, flight engineer of Expedition... Read more →