International Space Station

Kounotori Takes Off – Slightly Faster than Planned

By Merryl Azriel on September 13, 2012

Kounotori, released from the station's robotic arm (Credits: NASA). Kounotori, the third Japanese HTV resupply vessel to the International Space... Read more →

Media

Flashy Impactor Lights Up Jupiter

By Staff Writers on September 12, 2012

The bright flash on the left is an impactor vaporizing in Jupiter's atmosphere (Credits: George Hall). On September 10, amateur astronomer George... Read more →

Back to the Moon

Space Shuttle Service Ship Embarks on a New Mission

By Tereza Pultarova on September 12, 2012

For 30 years Liberty Star, a sea ship owned by NASA, served the Space Shuttle program. It retrieved the spent solid rocket boosters after their... Read more →

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AfriSpace: “The Biggest Project”

By Maria Fischer on September 12, 2012

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir at the meeting of Africa’s communications and IT ministers (Credits: AFP). At a meeting of Africa’s... Read more →

Debris Remediation

Synchronized Tumbling: Developing a Space Debris Removal Skill

By Guillaume Houdu on September 11, 2012

Astronaut Scott Kelly shows off the SPHERES satellites on ISS (Credits: NASA). In-orbit rendezvous is a potential solution to address space... Read more →

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Cost of Russian Space Failures

By Staff Writers on September 11, 2012

A spate of failed launches from Russian space agency Roscosmos in recent years was cogently described by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on September... Read more →