News

Dragon is in Orbit!

By Merryl Azriel on May 22, 2012

SpaceX's Falcon 9 successfully made its third launch into space, carrying the Dragon capsule. All systems performed norminally, with the Dragon... Read more →

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Longest Running Space Experiment Zaps Bacteria on Earth

By Staff Writers on May 22, 2012

MicroPlaSter beta version of the atmospheric plasma device for chronic wound treatment (Credits: Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial... Read more →

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A Close-up View of the Solar Eclipse

By Staff Writers on May 22, 2012

The annular eclipse that was enjoyed across southeast Asia and the western United States on May 20 was captured in close-up by the JAXA-led Hinode... Read more →

Media

Non-Newtonian Fluids in Space

By Staff Writers on May 21, 2012

In early May, astronaut Don Pettit shared an experiment he made aboard the International Space Station that revealed the effect of sound wave... Read more →

News

Faulty Valve Blamed for Dragon Abort

By Merryl Azriel on May 21, 2012

A faulty valve in engine 5 has been blamed for an above normal combustion chamber pressure that resulted in a last second automated abort of a... Read more →

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The X-37B Space Plane: Where is it now?

By Merryl Azriel on May 21, 2012

The OTV-1 in front of half of the Atlas V fairing awaiting encapsulation in 2010 (Credits: US Air Force). The X-37B space plane has intrigued the... Read more →