National Space Programs

ISRO Controversy Continues to Roil Indian Space Community

By Merryl Azriel on February 29, 2012

ISRO's official logo (Credits: ISRO). The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) was established to  "develop space technology and its... Read more →

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Open issues with the official Phobos-Grunt accident report

By Staff Writers on February 28, 2012

A Russian report blames space radiation for the failure of the Phobos-Grunt spacecraft (see here above during pre-launch preparations), but the... Read more →

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U.S. Strategic Command Seek SSA Cooperation With Allies

By Michael J. Listner on February 28, 2012

The CMD Command Center (CCC) inside Cheyenne Mountain, one of the center that provides data to U.S. STRATCOM (Source: Norad.mil). U.S. Strategic... Read more →

News

NASA Scientist Wins a Trip On The Lynx

By Joel Spark on February 28, 2012

Thomas Goodwin, a physiology and bioengineering researcher at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, won a free suborbital flight... Read more →

Media

Solar Storms Pass Harmlessly

By Staff Writers on February 28, 2012

From February 23 to February 24, five solar storms released high energy particles out into the solar system. Two of the storms released coronal... Read more →

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OCO: Lessons Learned and Opportunities Lost

By Merryl Azriel on February 26, 2012

The OCO mission continues, now delayed at least 5 years past its original launch failure (Credits: NASA). On February 24, 2009, NASA's Orbiting... Read more →