Orbital Debris Chief Teaches Space Debris
The NASA Now Minute video series is an educational program made available for classroom use. In the latest video, the chief scientist for the Orbital... Read more →
United States and Japan Discuss Space Code of Conduct
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and U.S. President Barack Obama (Credits: The White House/Pete Souza). After rejecting a European proposal... Read more →
Envisat Mission Declared Over
ESA has declared Envisat's mission over. The agency lost contact with the eight ton Earth observation satellite on April 8, 2012 and has failed... Read more →
Immune Weakness in Space Linked to Enzyme
André Kuipers freezing blood samples aboard ISS (Credits: ESA/NASA). Source: ESA New results from research on the International Space Station... Read more →
Geomagnetic Storm Alert Issued
There is a high probability of a moderate geomagnetic storm hitting Earth over May 9th through 10th in the wake of two coronal mass ejections... Read more →
SHERPA Space Tug to Tow Secondary Payloads
Source: Spaceflight Inc. May 7, 2012 - Seattle, WA - Spaceflight Inc. (Spaceflight) unveiled today its SHERPA in-space tug, which is... Read more →