Space in Everyday Life

Renowned Astronomer and Science Popularizer Patrick Moore Dead at 89

By Matteo Emanuelli on December 11, 2012

Sir Patrick Moore died on December 9, 2012 (Credits: Paul Grover). Patrick Moore, renowned for his work mapping the Moon's surface and as a... Read more →

Nuclear Propulsion

Nuclear Engine Prototype Test Successful

By Siddharth Raval on December 11, 2012

A proposed deep space probe to Jupiter using the new engine (Credits: Los Alamos National Laboratory). Scientists at NASA and Los Alamos National... Read more →

Meteorites

Fireball Startles Texans

By Merryl Azriel on December 10, 2012

American Meteorological Society's map of reported sightings (Credits: American Meteorilogical Society). A December 7 fireball seen exploding... Read more →

Commercial Spaceflight1

Space Tourism, Just a Balloon Ride Away

By Maria Fischer on December 10, 2012

Zero2Infinity's "near spaceship" test flight (Credits: Zero2Infinity). As the Spanish team Zero2infinity shows, space tourism is more than just... Read more →

Press Releases

Six Degrees of Inclination

By Staff Writers on December 10, 2012

Source: ESA Exercise time in a bedrest study (Credits: ESA). Stay in a tilted bed for weeks with your head at the lower end and your body... Read more →

News4

Breeze-M Fails Again

By Merryl Azriel on December 10, 2012

The December 8 launch of yet another ill-fated Proton-M with Breeze-M upper stage (Credits: RIA Novosti). On December 8 at 17:13 Moscow time, a... Read more →