NASA Orion Splashdown Tests Ensure Safe Landings For Astronauts
Water impact test of an 18,000-pound (8,165 kilogram) test version of the Orion spacecraft dropped from 25 feet (7.62 meters) at NASA's Langley... Read more →
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New Space Station Crew Approved
The remainder of ISS Expedition 33. From left, NASA Flight Engineer Kevin Ford, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, and Russian Flight Engineer Evgeny... Read more →
Citizen Astronauts Train for Spaceflight
What does it take to be a citizen astronaut? Citizens in Space, a project of the US Rocket Academy, is sending ten citizen astronauts to space... Read more →
The Increasing Rate of Asteroid Discovery
As we continue to discover new asteroids, we become more aware of the potential threat they pose to Earth. Amateur skywatchers can now easily... Read more →
Meteor Lights Up UK
On September 21, clear skies gave residents of Scotland, Ireland, and Northern England a spectacular view of a meteor breaking up in the atmosphere.... Read more →
Shuttle Engineer Henry Pohl Discusses the Non-intuitiveness of Microgravity
In this lecture on power and propulsion systems, provided by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Space Shuttle engineer Henry Pohl discusses... Read more →
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