News

Launch and Reentry Safety Analysis Course Open for Registration

By Staff Writers on December 31, 2012

The International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety is pleased to announce the upcoming Launch and Reentry Safety Analysis Course. The... Read more →

Deep Space Exploration

Recovery Maneuver of Troubled Japanese Venus Probe Akatsuki Expected in 2015

By Siddharth Raval on December 31, 2012

Japan's Venus Climate Orbiter "Akatsuki" (Credits: Akihiro Ikeshita/JAXA). Japan's Akatsuki spacecraft, that failed to achieve Venus orbit two... Read more →

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Russia to Join ExoMars in 2013

By Matteo Emanuelli on December 31, 2012

ExoMars concept (Credits: ESA). The Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and the European Space Agency (ESA) are going to sign an agreement... Read more →

News

Space Fence Moves Closer to Construction

By Matteo Emanuelli on December 28, 2012

Space Fence Mission Control concept (Credits: Lockheed Martin). The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center recently put out a request for... Read more →

Spacecraft Design

Flexure to Put NASA Thermal Insulation Technology to Work

By Staff Writers on December 28, 2012

Adequate thermal insulation is critical to spacecraft operations. Here, engineers apply insulation blanketing to the James Webb telescope (Credits:... Read more →

ISS for Nobel Peace Prize

Further Up Yonder

By Staff Writers on December 28, 2012

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 →