9 Minutes Before Space
It takes nine minutes from the time a Soyuz lifts off from Baikonour Cosmodrome until it and its crew reaches space. It is those nine minutes that... Read more →
Smooth Sailing, Cygnus: Orbital’s New Cargo Ship Rockets to Space on ISS Supply Demonstration Mission
By Ben Evans Cygnus launches behind the ISS "onramp" road sign at Wallops Island (Credits: NASA). Less than two weeks after Pad 0B... Read more →
Water and Bombs
Stanislaw Ulam, the nuclear scientist who first had the idea of nuclear bomb propulsion (Credits: Universidad de Guadalajara). Studying the space... Read more →
Chelyabinsk Meteorite Delivered…Scriptures?
For many centuries, the workings of the celestial realm were considered wondrous, and frequently indicated the intentions of a higher being.... Read more →
Cygnus Launch Rescheduled Following Weather Delay
Orbital Sciences Corp's Cygnus demonstration mission to supply the International Space Station is back on track after a small snag. As NASA... Read more →
A Lull in Solar Activity as Old Satellite Prepared to Monitor Space Weather
There's all kinds of news relating to the sun and space weather these days. First up, an odd lull in solar activity, accompanying a total absence... Read more →