Spacecraft Design

James Webb Telescope Sunshield Deployment Mechanism

By Stavros Georgakas on November 3, 2011

The sun shield created for the James Webb Space Telescope (Credits: NASA/Northrop Grumman). NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, successor to the... Read more →

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ATK, USAF Successfully Test Large Class Stage III Rocket Motor

By Joel Spark on November 3, 2011

The Demonstrator Motor-3 (DM-3) (Credits: ATK Aerospace Systems). The United States Air Force and ATK Aerospace Systems successfully completed a... Read more →

Launch

What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?

By Staff Writers on November 3, 2011

12 December 1959 - First attempted launch of a Titan 1 C-2 ICBM from Launch Complex 16 (Credits: US Air Force). Here’s something you’re... Read more →

Spacecraft Design

Airship Prototype Breaks Altitude Record

By Joel Spark on November 3, 2011

Tandem Airship During Record-Breaking October 22 Test Flight (Credits: JP Aerospace) On October 22, a prototype high-altitude named Tandem set a... Read more →

Media

Infographic: Inside China’s Space Rendezvous Success

By Staff Writers on November 3, 2011

China successfully docked two robotic spacecraft in orbit on Nov. 3, 2011 Beijing Time, joining an elite group of nations who have demonstrated the... Read more →

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China Succeeds in First Automatic Docking Attempt

By Andrea Gini on November 2, 2011

China performed its first automatic docking experiment on Wednesday November 2. After a two-day travel, the Shenzhou 8 spacecraft approached the... Read more →