Press Releases

Meteorite Science Meets an Artist’s Dream of Spaceflight

By Staff Writers on July 2, 2013

Source: ESA Inspired by the dream of space exploration, artist Katie Paterson imagined sending a piece of her meteorite artwork back to space in... Read more →

News

ARKYD-100 Crowdfunding Campaign Eventually Reaches $1.5 million

By Matteo Emanuelli on July 2, 2013

(Credits: Planetary Resources). Planetary Resources has concluded its crowdfunding campaign for the ARKYD-100 space telescope, reaching over $1.5... Read more →

Press Releases

Space Shuttle Atlantis Exhibit Opens at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

By AmericaSpace on July 1, 2013

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla — The operators of the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Delaware North Companies Parks and Resorts (DNC), pulled... Read more →

Space and International Relations

Premier Vol Habité: The Story of France’s First Man in Space (Part 1)

By AmericaSpace on July 1, 2013

France’s first man in space, Jean-Loup Chretien, releases a flare during Black Sea training for his June 1982 mission. (Credits:... Read more →

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Ten Thousandth Near-Earth Object Detected

By Matteo Emanuelli on June 30, 2013

Asteroid 2013 MZ5 as seen by the University of Hawaii's PanSTARR-1 telescope (Credits: PS-1/UH). The Pan-STARRS-1 telescope, located on the top... Read more →

Extreme Solar Weather

IRIS Air Launch Puts Satellite on Track to Stare at Sun

By Merryl Azriel on June 28, 2013

PEGASUS rocket carrying IRIS is attached to the belly of a modified Lockheed L-1011 (Credits: NASA). NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph... Read more →