New Strategy for ELV Certification
Space Launch System 130 MT and 70 MT, SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, ATK's Liberty, Orbital Sciences Corporation's Taurus II, and ATK's Athena IIc and... Read more →
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Infographic: ROSAT Facts
The 2.4-ton X-ray space observatory ROSAT is expected to break up as it plunges through Earth's atmosphere in late October, but some large pieces... Read more →
First Soyuz Ready for Liftoff from French Guiana
Source ESA, 15 October 2011: The first Soyuz to take off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana was moved to the launch pad yesterday. The... Read more →
Soyuz Ready for Milestone Launch from Kourou
Artist's impression of a Soyuz launch from Korou (Credits: ESA). Source ESA: International space cooperation will be highlighted in a historic... Read more →
Video: Sun Fires Up Furious Avalanche
Source NASA: During a solar eruption, a growing mountain of plasma culminated in an avalanche-like fall back to the surface. NASA's Solar Dynamics... Read more →
Virgin Galactic signs deal with NASA for Research Missions on SpaceShipTwo
Source Virgin Galactic: Virgin Galactic has been selected under its Flight Opportunities Program to provide the Space Agency with up to three... 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)
