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ISS Crew Ready for SpaceX’s Dragon

By Merryl Azriel on January 5, 2012

Rendition of Dragon approaching ISS (Credits: NASA/SpaceX). On January 4, ISS crew Commander Dan Burbank, Flight Engineer Don Petit and ESA... Read more →

Media

Space Junk 3D Movie to Release in IMAX

By Merryl Azriel on January 5, 2012

  Space Junk 3D will begin appearing in IMAX theaters on January 13, 2012. The 38 minute film provides a stereoscopic view of orbital... Read more →

News

Space Artifact Sales Halted Pending NASA Challenge

By Merryl Azriel on January 5, 2012

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 →

Spacecraft Astrophotography

Phobos-Grunt’s Orientation in Orbit

By Ralf Vandebergh on January 4, 2012

UPDATE:  Image-animation confirmation of a (partially) sideward movement of the spacecraft. The picture above explains the orientation of... Read more →

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Soyuz Upper Stage Reenters Over Europe on Christmas Eve

By Andrea Gini on January 3, 2012

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 →

News

Video: Phobos Grunt Reentry Animation

By Staff Writers on December 31, 2011

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 →