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 →

Cyber Security

Project Hackerspace Global Grid: Uncensored Internet from Space

By Staff Writers on January 16, 2012

Graphic depicting LEO satellites around the globe (Credits: NASA). A group of German hackers from Stuttgart is aspiring to build an independent,... Read more →

News

Russian Phobos-Grunt Probe Crashes in Southern Pacific Ocean

By Merryl Azriel on January 15, 2012

  The Russian Phobos-Grunt probe has reentered the atmosphere and crashed in the Pacific Ocean, 1250 km off the coast of Wellington... Read more →