Cool Flames Aboard ISS
In microgravity, flames burn spherically (Credits: NASA). In the weightless environment of space, fire burns differently because the convective... Read more →
Suffredini Comments on Dragon Anomalies
Debris falls following the loss of Engine 1 during Falcon 9's October 7 flight (Credits: SpaceX). SpaceX's first cargo delivery to the... Read more →
Cut Cable Severs Russian Link with International Space Station, Satellites
Moscow Mission Control lost contact with civilian satellites after a cable was accidentally cut (Credits: RIA Novosti/Vladimir Rodionov). Shortly... Read more →
When Your Spacecraft Moves Without You
ATV-3 performs a reboost maneuver while docked to ISS (Credits: ISS). At regular intervals, the International Space Station needs a propulsive... Read more →
Vote from Space, Vote for Space
It’s been more than a week since Americans re-elected Barack Obama to serve as the president of the US for another 4 years. And even though we... Read more →
The Van Allen Probes: Honoring the Origins of Magnetospheric Science
On Nov. 9, 2012, NASA renamed the Radiation Belt Storm Probes to the Van Allen Probes. The probes, shown here in an artist's rendition, will help... Read more →