Spacecraft Atmospheric Reentry1

Updated Phobos-Grunt Prediction Calls for Ocean Reentry Location

By Merryl Azriel on January 12, 2012

STK models predicts Phosbo-Grunt reentry over the Atlantic Ocean (Credits: celestrak.com). Based on the latest Phobos-Grunt telemetry data, the... Read more →

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Roscosmos Hints at American Interference with Phobos Grunt

By Joel Spark on January 11, 2012

In a statement given to Russian newspaper Izvestia, Roscosmos chief Vladimir Popovkin hinted that American interference could have caused the... Read more →

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Commercial Spaceflight Companies Take Different Approaches to Seat Egress Safety

By Merryl Azriel on January 11, 2012

An artist's rendition of passengers free floating in SpaceShip Two (Credits: Virgin Galactic). Commercial Spaceflight operators such as Virgin... Read more →

International Space Station

Photograph Captures ISS Crossing the Moon

By Staff Writers on January 10, 2012

On January 4, the ISS was seen transitting the moon as observed from  the Houston area in the United States. Several photographs were captured,... Read more →

Space Science

Powerful Magnets Provide Inexpensive Microgravity Analog

By Merryl Azriel on January 9, 2012

It seems ISS has a powerful and cheaper rival when it comes to attracting biological research. Scientists from University of Nottingham are using... Read more →

Nuclear Propulsion

US Pu-238 Production Remains Unfunded

By Merryl Azriel on January 9, 2012

Technicians handle the Mars Science Laboratory's RTG at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (Credits: NASA/Kim... Read more →