Antares Hot Fire Successful, Prepares for Flight
Antares hot fire on February 22 (Credits: Orbital Sciences). On February 22, just over a week after a last second abort, Orbital Sciences Corp.... Read more →
Shuttle’s Remaining Boosters to Burn at Kennedy Space Center
KSC is preparing to burn out the remaining Shuttle Booster Separating Motors, not to be confused with their bigger cousins, the Reusable Solid... Read more →
India to Launch Small Fleet of Satellites and Mars Probe
The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) at Sriharikota launch site (Credits: ISRO). India announced last week that they have planned a mission... Read more →
Hiroshima Bomb Explosion vs. Russian Meteor
A simulated 500-KT atomic bomb dropped at 1,770 meter above a city would generate damaging shock waves 30 psi at ground zero that decreases to 1 psi... Read more →
Sunspot Delta Region Ripe for Eruptions
Sunspot AR1678 forms an unstable delta region Feb 19-20. This image is a composite from two instruments aboard NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory... Read more →
Russian Meteorite Bound to Become the 20th Meteorite with a “Birth Certificate”
A meteor captured with a wide angle camera that is part of the European Fireball Network (Credits: Institute of Astronomy, Czech Academy of... Read more →