The Apollo Rescue Mission That Wasn’t
Apollo 15 Command and Service Module in lunar orbit (Credits: NASA). During the Moon race, North American Aviation (NAA) engineers presented to... Read more →
The Unexpected Rocket Launch that Took the World by Surprise
After information came to light earlier this week that North Korean authorities were probably delaying the planned launch of its long-range Unha-3... Read more →
Asteroids Swoop Past Earth
Asteroid 2012 XE54 captured on December 11 by Remanzacco Observatory (Credits: Ernesto Guido, Nick Howes). On the morning of December 11,... Read more →
X-37B Takes Off on Third Flight
On December 11, the Orbital Test Vehicle 3 (OTV-3), an X-37B spaceplane, was launched aboard an Atlas 5. The flight will be the second for this... Read more →
Do We Really Need So Many Satellites? US Agency Admits Underutilizing Resources
While the international debate about space debris mitigation is getting ever more intense, one might wonder whether all the cubesats, constellations,... Read more →
Delta 4 Investigation Uncovers Anomaly Sequence; X-37B Cleared for Launch
A Delta 4 upper stage (Credits: NASA). On October 4, a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta 4 rocket took off, carrying a GPS satellite. Low thrust... Read more →