Mercury Program Director Dies Aged 91
Dyer Brainerd Holmes with a model of the Saturn C-5 rocket. His work was crucial for the Apollo program (Credits: Getty) Dyer Brainerd Holmes,... Read more →
Remembering Columbia
February 1st 2013 will be the 10th anniversary of one of the most significant events in the history of human spaceflight: the Columbia accident. This... Read more →
Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Issued, Questions Commercial Space Plan
Ever since the loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia on February 1, 2003, the US Congress has required an annual report to be delivered on the state of... Read more →
SpaceX to Launch Private Astronauts in 2015
SpaceX's Falcon 9 blasting off from Cape Canaveral on October 7, 2012. The launch was succesful although one of the nine engines failed just... Read more →
UFO versus a Weather Balloon: Recent Californian Mystery Solved
It must have been a huge disappointment for all mystery lovers and UFO believers when, shortly after the sighting of a strange object bursting high... Read more →
Space Systems/Loral: A Case Study in Ineffective Incident Investigation
Satellite testing being conducted at Space Systems/Loral (Credits: SS/L). Over nine years, three Space System/Loral (SS/L) satellites experienced... Read more →