Lost in Space: the First Space Walk
It has been 50 years since Major General Alexei Leonov became the first human to step out into the blackness of space. Leonov, a 30 year old pilot in... Read more →
Latest
Russian Progress Cargo Ship Failure
A Russian Progress cargo ship carrying supplies to the International Space Station is spinning out of control and will reportedly plummet back to... Read more →
Soyuz-1 Disaster
Buried within the walls of the Kremlin, amidst the political and military heroes are some of the bravest explorers of our time. These supremely... Read more →
Space Disasters and Close Calls in Human Spaceflight
Space disasters are failures of technology, design, and management leading to tragic loss of life. While fatal accidents such as the Columbia... Read more →
The Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster
The Columbia Disaster is one of the most tragic events in spaceflight history. Its impact on US human spaceflight program, and the resulting... Read more →
Hubble Telescope: 25 Years of Space Astronomy
Peering into the farthest depths of the universe, the Hubble space telescope has redefined our understanding of the cosmos. It has enthralled... Read more →
![A trajectory analysis that used a computational fluid dynamics approach to determine the likely position and velocity histories of the foam (Credits: NASA Ref [1] p61).](https://www.spacesafetymagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/fluid-dynamics-trajectory-analysis-50x50.jpg)
