Secure World Foundation Announces International Dialog on Satellite Servicing and Debris Removal
Conception of repurposed orbital debris under DARPA's Phoenix program (Credits: DARPA). Secure World Foundation released the... Read more →
Asteroid Zips Past Moon on July 22
Near Earth asteroid 2002 AM31 passed by Earth on July 22. At its closest approach, the city-block sized asteroid passed 5.2 km from Earth, equivalent... Read more →
Post-Challenger Kennedy Director Forrest McCartney Dead at 81
An autographed official NASA photograph of McCartney On July 17, Forrest McCartney, former NASA Kennedy Space Center Director and retired Air... Read more →
HTV-3 En Route to International Space Station
HTV-2 on the end of ISS' Canadarm 2 in 2011 (Credits: JAXA). On Saturday, July 21 the H-II Transfer Vehicle-3 (HTV-3) launched from the... Read more →
Next Generation Russian Crew Capsule Delayed
An interior model of the ACV (Credits: RIA Novosti). On July 18, Roscosmos chief Vladimir Popovkin announced that the Advanced Crew vessel... Read more →
Taikonauts Feeling Good Following Historic Mission
The Shenzhou 9 crew seated shortly after landing. The crew is no longer experiencing dizziness or the other sideeffects of microgravity (Credits:... Read more →