Magazine1

Space Safety Magazine, Issue 2, Winter 2012

By Andrea Gini on December 24, 2011

Inside the Winter 2012 Issue of the Space Safety Magazine Cooperating with China: Space Safety is the Key! Psychology of Space... Read more →

Spacecraft Astrophotography2

Improved Ground-based image Phobos-Grunt

By Ralf Vandebergh on December 23, 2011

The Russian Mars probe Phobos-Grunt has been stranded in Earth orbit  for more then a month now. Three weeks ago, on November 29, I obtained the... Read more →

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China ends 2011 with another space milestone

By Michael J. Listner on December 23, 2011

China launched a remote sensing satellite from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center on December 22, 2011 marking a milestone in China's space program. ... Read more →

News

Vega to fly ESA Experimental Reentry Vehicle

By Staff Writers on December 22, 2011

IXV Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (Credits: ESA). The launch of ESA’s IXV Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle on Europe’s new Vega rocket... Read more →

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André Kuipers on His Way to the ISS

By Staff Writers on December 22, 2011

After their launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 13:16 GMT (14:16 CET) today, ESA astronaut André Kuipers and crewmates Oleg... Read more →

Satellite Tracking

Phobos-Grunt Highlights Cooperation in Space Situational Awareness

By Michael J. Listner on December 20, 2011

USSTRATCOM's assessment of hte reentry of a typical low Earth orbit satellite. (Credits: USSTRATCOM). The saga of Phobos-Grunt has captivated the... Read more →