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International Space Station expedition lead Sunita Williams recently steered a Lego Mindstorms robot at an ESA facility in Darmstadt while she was... Read more →
ESA STE-QUEST Mission Could Help Unravel Origin of Flyby Anomaly
General concept of the STE-QUEST mission. The clock on the satellite is compared with one or more ground clocks as the satellite orbits earth on a... Read more →
Count Down to Nov. 1 Spacewalk to Repair Radiator Ammonia Leak
NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 32 flight engineer, appears to touch the bright sun during the mission’s third session of... Read more →
Effectiveness of Post Mission Disposal Rule Could Curtail LEO Debris Creation
Artist's conception of a satellite breakup (Credits: William K. Hartmann). Although predicting the future debris environment is very difficult, a... Read more →
Surviving Ebullism at 39 km: Baumgartner Jump Holds Promise for Space Suits
Surviving ebullism is the biggest engineering challenge in the development of high altitude crew escape systems for next-generation spacecraft. In... Read more →
Severe Weather Delays Baumgartner’s Launch to Tuesday
Leaping Into The Unknown BASE jumper Felix Baumgartner plummets toward Earth in a pressuresuit during a test skydive. The grand attempt will be a... Read more →