The Enduring Saga of Phobos Grunt
Radar image of the Phobos-Grunt probe in Earth orbit prior to its January15 plunge (Credits: Fraunhofer FHR). Almost three months since the... Read more →
ISS Dodges Chinese ASAT Debris
At 6:50 EST on January 28th, the ISS performed an avoidance maneuver to prevent a collision with a piece of space debris created by the 2007... Read more →
Soyuz Breach May Delay ISS Launch
A report on www.russianspaceweb.com indicates that Roscosmos found a breach in the supposedly air-tight walls of the Soyuz TMA-04M module slated... Read more →
Lego “Astronaut” Reaches For Space
In another DIY success story, two Toronto high schoolers have succeeded in launching a would be lego "astronaut" into the stratosphere on a... Read more →
Strongest Solar Storm of 2012 in Decline
Image from the Solar Dynamic Observatory of January 27's CME (Credits: NASA). On January 27, the sun released an X class coronal mass ejection... Read more →
Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Report Released
NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) was established in 1968 in the aftermath of the Apollo 1 fire to evaluate NASA's safety performance and... Read more →