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Orbital Receives FAA Commercial Space Launch License for Taurus II COTS Demonstration Mission Orbital Sciences Corporation announced on August... Read more →
Russia May Put Space Program Under State Defense Order
According to the news agency Ria-Novosti, the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos is considering returning the federal space program to the... Read more →
Space Junk Problem Is More Threatening Than Ever, Report Warns
Clara Moskowitz on Space.com about an independent report on the increasing issue of orbital debris, and the consequent risk of triggering the... Read more →
Proton/Breeze-M Cleared To Resume Flying
A Russian state board of inquiry announced on August 30 that the cause of the August 18 failure of a Proton rocket upper stage has been found.... Read more →
Lost Russian Satellite Threatens Space Navigation
According to press agency Xinhua, the Russian heavy satellite Express-AM4, inserted in a wrong orbit after a faulty launch on Aug. 18, might... Read more →
Proposed Missions Could Deflect Space Rocks Like Asteroid Apophis
The ESA's Don Quijote mission upon impacting an asteroid (Credit: ESA - AOES Medialab). An article on Space.com highlights two new studies for... Read more →