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The Waiting Goes On: Dragon Launch Aborted in the Last Second

By Tereza Pultarova on May 19, 2012

It seems that the stars are not in favor of a private spacecraft reaching the International Space Station, at least not at the beginning of next... Read more →

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NASA Survey Counts Potentially Hazardous Asteroids

By Staff Writers on May 18, 2012

This diagram illustrates the differences between orbits of a typical near-Earth asteroid (blue) and a potentially hazardous asteroid, or PHA... Read more →

Media

Watching Deserts Grow from Space

By Staff Writers on May 18, 2012

Earth observation from orbital satellites is an important tool for numerous terrestrial activities. In this video, the evolution of agricultural... Read more →

News

ISS Ready to Welcome Dragon on Monday

By Tereza Pultarova on May 18, 2012

On Tuesday May 15 the ISS managers issued permission for SpaceX Dragon capsule to approach and dock with the station at the beginning of the next... Read more →

Press Releases

Space Safety and Sustainability, Perspectives from the Space Generation

By Staff Writers on May 17, 2012

In January 2010, Space Generation Advisory Council introduced a new working group on Space Safety and Sustainability, following successful projects... Read more →

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CleanSpace One and Space Debris

By Staff Writers on May 17, 2012

In February 2012, the Swiss Space Center at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) announced a project to clean up space debris, starting... Read more →