Deep Space Exploration

Mothership and her Hedgehogs: New Concept for Exploring Phobos

By Maria Fischer on January 16, 2013

Illustration of the Phobos Surveyor concept (Credits: Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics). Exploring the low gravity environment of small... Read more →

Rocket Design

The Merlin Engine, Presented by SpaceX’s Tom Mueller

By Staff Writers on January 15, 2013

Tom Muelle rwith his Merlin engines as SpaceX headquarters (Credits: Roger Gilbertson/Tom Mueller). Have you ever had a hankering to understand... Read more →

Destination Mars

Will Apollo Training Inspire MarsOne?

By Tereza Pultarova on January 15, 2013

In the past months, two companies announced their plans to train and launch a human crew to space in the next decade. Whereas the European based... Read more →

News2

Roscosmos Approves Report On Breeze-M Anomaly

By Matteo Emanuelli on January 15, 2013

Proton-M on the launch pad at Baikonur. The rocket suffered 3 failures in the last 18 months (Credits: Ria Novosti). The management of the... Read more →

Media

Exploring the Overview Effect

By Merryl Azriel on January 14, 2013

A photograph of Earth as seen by the Apollo 17 crew when 29,000 km from the planet. This photograph is known as the Blue Marble (Credits:... Read more →

Space and International Relations

Baikonour Cosmodrome Lease Tensions Increase

By Phillip Keane on January 13, 2013

Proton-M is lifted into position at Baikonur (Credits: Roscosmos). Kazakh officials have responded to the Kremlin’s demands for clarification... Read more →