Asteroids and Comets1

Asteroid 2011 AG5 Probably Won’t Hit Earth Says NASA

By Merryl Azriel on June 19, 2012

Orbit and current location (6/15/2012) of asteroid 2011 AG5 (Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech). Asteroid 2011 AG5 was discovered in January 2011 and was... Read more →

Media

Shenzhou-9: Mission Highlights

By Staff Writers on June 19, 2012

Shenzhou-9, which launched on June 16, is only three days into its thirteen day mission but it is already making history. Watch mission highlights,... Read more →

News2

Taikonauts Aboard Space Lab After Successful Docking

By Merryl Azriel on June 19, 2012

Shenzhou-9 commander Jing Haipeng, the first human to board Tiangong-1 (Credits: CNTV). Shenzhou-9's three taikonauts performed a successful... Read more →

Media2

Have Your Say on Mars Exploration, NASA Urges

By Tereza Pultarova on June 18, 2012

Interested in Mars? Fascinated by the possibility of a human landing or a sample return from the Red Planet? Have a brand new idea for how to detect... Read more →

Spacecraft Design1

Open Source Cubesat Next Phase in DIY Space Access

By Merryl Azriel on June 18, 2012

NanoSatisfi's Peter Platzer holds a prototype ArduSat board, including the master controller, sensor suite, and camera (Credits: Evan... Read more →

Space Policy

X-37B’s Return to Earth Steals Some of Shenzhou-9’s Thunder

By Michael J. Listner on June 17, 2012

Credits: USAF/Boeing. Thanks to Leonard David for providing photo. Emerging from the shadow of Shenzhou-9's triumphant launch, the USAF X-37B... Read more →