Space Artifact Sales Halted Pending NASA Challenge
Sale of several space artifacts, including a checklist used in the Apollo 13 mission, has been halted in response to an ownership challenge from... Read more →
Phobos-Grunt’s Orientation in Orbit
UPDATE: Image-animation confirmation of a (partially) sideward movement of the spacecraft. The picture above explains the orientation of... Read more →
Soyuz Upper Stage Reenters Over Europe on Christmas Eve
According to Sat Track Cam Leiden Station Blog, the last stage of the Soyuz rocket that brought Dutch astronaut Andre Kuipers up to the ISS in... Read more →
Video: Phobos Grunt Reentry Animation
As 2011 was drawing to a close, Russian experts made their final forecast for the reentry of the Phobos-Grunt spacecraft. According to calculations,... Read more →
Video: The Chinese Space Station Program
An overview of the three staged approach to human spaceflight of the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA), culminating in a space station... Read more →
Russia Places 6 Satellites Into Orbit Five Days After Soyuz Crash
A Russian Soyuz rocket launched a 6 Globalstar communications satellites into orbit on December 28, 2011, less than a week after a similar... Read more →