NASA X Dives into Inflatable Heat Shield
NASA's new video podcast series, NASA X, follows new technologies and the NASA scientists, researchers, and engineers who make them happen. The next... Read more →
Was the Virgin Land Campaign only a Giant Cover-up for the Baikonour Construction?
According to a post in the Friends of NASA forum on LinkedIn in December, a 2006 Russian documentary movie called Secrets of the Century: Baikonour... Read more →
U.S. Congress Passes Risk-Sharing Bill on Commercial Launches
U.S. Congress passed the launch indemnification bill on January 1. (Credit: Reuters) On January 1, The U.S. Congress extended for one year the... Read more →
Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peaks Early January 3
2012 Quadrantid meteors over the Mojave Desert (Credits: Wally Pacholka/TWAN). The first meteor shower of 2013 is expected to peak late January... Read more →
Why Do Astronauts Grow Taller in Space?
Source: NASA The ISS Spinal Ultrasound Investigation studies the impact of astronauts' spinal elongation (Credits: iStockphoto/S.... Read more →
JAXA Schedules New Asteroid Sampling Mission for 2014
Artist's illustration of Hayabusa2 probe after the device's explosion on 1999 JU3(Credits: JAXA/Akihiro Ikeshita). The Japan Aerospace... Read more →