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NASA Proposes Asteroid Mission for ISS

By Tereza Pultarova on January 18, 2012

The future of ISS might be bright, with the station enabling travel to asteroids (Credits: NASA). With its lifetime already being extended beyond... Read more →

Space Policy

New Approach for US State Department on International Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities

By Staff Writers on January 18, 2012

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (Credits: US Department of States). Michael Listner for the Space Safety Magazine: Five days after... Read more →

Press Releases

Space Shuttle Director Goes Commercial

By Merryl Azriel on January 17, 2012

Leinbach monitors the final space shuttle launch countdown on July 8, 2011 (Credits: NASA/Bill Ingalls). NASA's long-time space shuttle launch... Read more →

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Tissint Meteorites Came from Mars

By Merryl Azriel on January 17, 2012

A Tissint meteorite collected from Morocco and now part of the Macovich Collection. (Credits: Darryl Pitt/AP). It turns out that a meteor shower... Read more →

Media

SpaceX Dragon COTS-2 Mission Animation

By Staff Writers on January 16, 2012

The video below, courtesy of NASA, provides a detailed look at the launch, flight, and landing of SpaceX Dragon, due to launch to the ISS on a... Read more →

News

Expert Panel: Lightsquared Modified Operations Still Interfere with GPS

By Joel Spark on January 16, 2012

An expert panel reported that Lightsquared’s proposed hybrid satellite/terrestrial communications network could still cause harmful... Read more →