Life in Orbit

Neil Armstrong’s Insurance Policy

By Merryl Azriel on August 31, 2012

Apollo 11 astronaut cover (Credits: collectspace.com). Being an astronaut is a risky business, especially so in the pioneer days of Mercury... Read more →

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Marathon Expedition 32 Spacewalk Complete

By Maria Fischer on August 31, 2012

JAXA astronaut Aki Hoshide floats on the end of the station's robotic arm on his first spacewalk (Credits: NASA). NASA Flight Engineer Sunita... Read more →

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RBSP Launches

By Pedro Vaz Teixeira on August 31, 2012

RBSP launched August 30 aboard an Atlas 5 rocket (Credits: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory). NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probe Mission was... Read more →

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Meteor Explodes Over Wales

By Merryl Azriel on August 30, 2012

A meteor exploded in the lower atmosphere over Wales late Monday, creating a sonic boom that woke residents and set off car alarms. Sources are... Read more →

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ACE Heliospheric Satellite Turns 15

By Staff Writers on August 30, 2012

NASA's Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) orbits a point between Earth and the sun called a the first Lagrange point, or L1. Sitting well outside... Read more →

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Good Diet, Proper Exercise Help Protect Astronauts’ Bones

By Staff Writers on August 28, 2012

NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams, Expedition 22 commander, exercises using the Advanced Resistive Exercise Device (ARED) in the Tranquility node of... Read more →