SEXTANT: NASA’s “Cosmic Beacon”
Rendition of the 56 X-ray telescope array that comprises SEXTANT, mounted on ISS (Credits: NASA). A sextant is an old-fashioned tool used for... Read more →
Black Sky Training Obtains FAA Approval
A flight simulator from Black Sky's training curriculum (Credits:Black Sky Training). Commercial spaceflight took another step forward on March... Read more →
Antares Rolled Out for April 17 Flight Test
Antares on board the TEL vehcile, to be placed at the launch pad (Credits: NASA). Orbital Sciences Corporation has confirmed that the Antares... Read more →
Is It Space Junk? Texan Electrician Finds Mysterious Sphere in his Backyard
The mysterious metal sphere found in Buna, Texas, bears signs of extreme heat exposure as if having undergone reentry (Credits: Dean Gentz). It... Read more →
Installing the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
On April 3, NASA announced the first results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS). The instrument detects cosmic ray passage and other particle... Read more →
Space Apps Challenge Hones in on Near Earth Objects
Locations of 2013 Space App Challenge events (Credits: openNASA). On April 20-21, the second International Space Apps Challenge will take place... Read more →