Breeze-M Failure Yields Space Debris
The ill-fated August 6 Proton-M launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome (Credits: Roscosmos). The failure of a Proton-M upper stage Breeze-M on August 6... Read more →
MSG-3 Returns First Image of Earth
Source: ESA On August 7, the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI) instrument on MSG-3 captured its first image of the Earth. This... Read more →
Curiosity Images Just Keep Coming
Even before its wheel very gently struck Martian soil on August 6, the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity started taking pictures. The Mars Descent... Read more →
Bernard Lovell, Radar Pioneer, Dead at 98
Sir Bernard Lovell and his telescope (Credits: PA Images). Pioneering English radio astronomer Bernard Lovell died on August 6, just short of his... Read more →
Russian Satellite Launch Failure Leads to Proton Launch Suspension
Breeze-M upper-stage prior to mating to its Proton rocket. (Credit: Khrunichev) With the world's attention focused on the successful landing of... Read more →
Tauri Group Forecasts Suborbital Market Growth
On August 1, the Tauri Group released a study, sponsored by the US Federal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial Space Transportation and... Read more →