A Rocket Engine Seen from the Ground
On April 18, 2014 the SpaceX Dragon CRS-3 ISS resupply ship was launched into space. 23 minutes after the spacecraft left the ground, it would... Read more →
Will Anyone Recover Apollo 13’s Plutonium?
By Matthew Van Dusen, Editor, Txchnologist.com President Nixon (right) presenting the nation’s highest civilian award to the Apollo 13 crew... Read more →
Astrophotography and Space Debris
On November 29, 2011 photographs of the stranded Russian probe Phobos-Grunt, lost in Earth’s orbit right after launch, began appearing online.... Read more →
CAESAR: CNES Takes on Satellite Collisions with Debris Alerts
The French Space Agency CNES has developed a concept for in-orbit collision risks mitigation known as Conjunction Analysis and Evaluation Service:... Read more →
Crisis Planning for NASA
Clearly, this is not a good time for NASA. Worsening geopolitical tensions with Russia have influenced spaceflight more than most other forms of... Read more →
Batteries in Space: A Space Debris Disaster In The Making?
Are batteries that are currently dormant in space a hidden danger? Will they bring the demise of man’s exploration outside of our atmosphere? From... Read more →