Asteroids and Comets

How Meteor Showers Work

By Staff Writers on November 20, 2012

With the annual Leonid meteor shower displaying the last of its celestial fireworks, it's a good time to examine exactly how meteor showers work.... Read more →

Reentry, Descent and Landing

Rescuing Orion After Off-Nominal Landing

By Guillaume Houdu on November 20, 2012

Rescue divers secure a flotation ring around a mockup of NASA's new Orion spacecraft during water splashdown tests in Florida in 2009 (Credits:... Read more →

News

ISS Expedition 33 Crew Back on Earth

By Staff Writers on November 19, 2012

Source: NASA Suni Williams hands over command of the International Space Station before her departure (Credits: NASA). The Soyuz TMA-05M... Read more →

Reentry, Descent and Landing

Rotors for Safe Reentry of Future NASA Capsules

By Matteo Emanuelli on November 19, 2012

An artist concept shows a capsule with a rotor blade system (Credits: NASA). NASA’s researchers are developing scale model space capsules at... Read more →

Press Releases

*Now Extended* 6th IAASS Conference Final Call for Papers: Safety is Not an Option

By Staff Writers on November 19, 2012

The 6th IAASS International Space Safety Conference "Safety is Not an Option" will be hosted by the McGill University in Montreal (Canada) on 21-23... Read more →

Media

Google Lunar X PRIZE Team Summit 2012

By Staff Writers on November 16, 2012

Google Lunar X Prize offers $20 million to the first privately funded team to land and operate a rover on the Moon. This year, at the Google Lunar X... Read more →