Flexure to Put NASA Thermal Insulation Technology to Work
Adequate thermal insulation is critical to spacecraft operations. Here, engineers apply insulation blanketing to the James Webb telescope (Credits:... Read more →
Further Up Yonder
Italian videomaker Giacomo Sardelli produced this video, entitled Further Up Yonder: A Message from ISS to All Humanity. "I'm not the first one to... Read more →
Russian Energia Won $11 Million Contract for Unmanned Space Lab
Oka-T-MKS multipurpose module (Credits: RSC Energia). RSC Energia (РКК «Энергия»), the largest Russian space corporation has won a... Read more →
NASA to White House: May I Bring My Asteroid Home?
Depiction of a robotic asteroid capture vessel (Credits: Rick Sternbach/Keck Institute for Space Studies). Not long after the US Presidential... Read more →
Astronaut Chris Hadfield Composes First Song on ISS
Shortly after his arrival onboard, flight engineer Chris Hadfield composed and recorded his first song from the International Space Station.... Read more →
SpaceX Grasshopper Leaps with 2 Meter Cowboy
"To provide a little perspective on the size of Grasshopper, we added a 6 ft cowboy to the rocket" tweeted SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. On December 17,... Read more →