Radar Telescopes to Observe Asteroid Fly-by
(Credits: NASA) Asteroid 1998 QE2 is going to pass at about 5.8 million kilometers from Earth, which is about 15 times the distance between our... Read more →
JPL Announces Curiosity Radiation Exposure Levels
Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) aboard Curiosity rover (Credits: JPL) On May 30th, NASA and JPL held a teleconference to present the findings... Read more →
Art in a Fairing Vacuum Chamber Test
In mid-May, SpaceX posted a video of a vacuum chamber test conducted on its Falcon 9 fairing. The slow motion view of the bus-sized... Read more →
Virgin Galactic: A Space Flight Veteran’s View
WhiteKnightTwo carrying SpaceShipTwo (Credits: Virgin Galactic). A couple of news stories this week about Virgin Galactic's progress in putting... Read more →
Planetary Resources Launches Arkyd-100 Kickstarter Campaign
See your face in Space: A boom-mounted camera allows for a "selfie" to be taken (Credits: Planetary Resources). Planetary Resources, the asteroid... Read more →
Draft ITAR Revision Released for Comment
On May 24, the US State Department and Department of Commerce each released their half of draft regulations relating to US export control. The move... Read more →