Photograph Captures Rocket Launched into Northern Lights
On February 18, a rocket was launched from Poker Flats, Alaska into the arctic aurora, or northern lights. The two-stage Terrier-Black Brant rocket... Read more →
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Video: J-2X Powerpack Test
NASA's J-2X testing picks up this year with assessment of the powerpack. On February 15, a 1.86 second burst of flames marked a successful test at... Read more →
50th Anniversary of John Glenn’s Earth Orbit
February 20 will be the 50th anniversary of John Glenn's Friendship 7 flight. The second man to orbit Earth after U.S.S.R.'s Yuri Gagarin and the... Read more →
ISS to Receive New Centrifuge Facility
Centrifuge system designed by Astrium and Nanoracks will be sent to ISS by NASA (Credits: Nanoracks). Source: NASA NASA, Astrium Space... Read more →
ISS Spacewalk Scheduled for February 16
Astronauts Jerry L. Ross and James H. Newman on an EVA in the first ISS assembly mission (Credits: NASA). Source: NASA Two cosmonauts will... Read more →
Understanding Communications Satellites
Communications satellites form a large percentage of the spacecraft that orbit Earth. They are a key component of everyday life and a major component... 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)
