Spacecraft Astrophotography

Phobos-Grunt Ground-View in True-colors

By Ralf Vandebergh on December 1, 2011

UPDATE-2: A re-selection session of frames from the November 29 imaging session provided another useful color image and an interesting comparison of... Read more →

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Aerojet Completes Engine Design Milestone

By Joel Spark on December 1, 2011

  Aerojet announced on November 28th that it had completed the preliminary design review of a turbopump assembly. The assembly is to be... Read more →

News

ESA, DLR Test New Propellant Management Technology

By Joel Spark on December 1, 2011

On November 27th, a Texus rocket was launched from Esrange Space Center in Kiruna, Sweden, on a suborbital flight to test a new propellant... Read more →

Press Releases

Keeping Watch on Our Seething Sun

By Staff Writers on December 1, 2011

Artist's rendition of spacecraft being impacted by Space weather. (Credits: ESA). Source: ESA Our Sun is more active now than it has been for the... Read more →

Media

Centaur Rocket Camera Shows MSL Spin-up and Separation

By Staff Writers on December 1, 2011

The video below, taken from a forward looking camera aboard the Atlas-5 Centaur stage, records NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) craft spin-up... Read more →

Spacecraft Design

NASA’s FLEX Studies Fire Extinguishing Techniques for Space

By Merryl Azriel on November 30, 2011

FLEX Chamber Insert Assembly Apparatus (Credits: NASA) Fires aboard ISS can pose significant hazards to crew and equipment. Extinguishing... Read more →