News

United Launch Alliance Forms Human Launch Services Unit

By Merryl Azriel on April 12, 2012

On April 9, United Launch Alliance (ULA) announced formation of a new organization focused on supporting NASA's human spaceflight... Read more →

Press Releases

Newfangled space-propulsion technology could help clean up Earth orbit

By Staff Writers on April 11, 2012

In this artist’s conception, a magnetized beam of ionized plasma is applied to a spacecraft headed on an interplanetary journey. The same... Read more →

Nuclear Propulsion

Nuclear Space Propulsion Breakthrough from Russia

By Ines Hernandez on April 11, 2012

In 2009 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (center) called for resources to build a nuclear-powered spaceship (Credits: RIA Novosti/AP). Russia... Read more →

Press Releases

NASA to Fly Deep Space Atomic Clock to Improve Navigation Technology

By Staff Writers on April 10, 2012

A laboratory representation of the Deep Space Atomic Clock, with a quarter alongside the unit for size comparison (Credits: NASA/JPL). Source:... Read more →

News1

Defunct Satellite Falls in Pacific Ocean

By Merryl Azriel on April 10, 2012

Defunct Russian communication satellite Molniya-1-98 reentered Earth's atmosphere and fell into the Pacific Ocean on April 7. The reentry appears... Read more →

News1

North Korea’s Launch Preparations Well Advanced

By Ines Hernandez on April 10, 2012

Satellite image of the Tongchang-dong Space Launch Center (Credits: DigitalGlobe, Inc). North Korea is planning a rocket launch on 14-16 April,... Read more →