Space Wardrobe Design: Chinese Spacesuit Analysis and Inspiration
Chinese taikonauts Zhai Zhigang (center), Liu Boming (right) and Jing Haipeng return from their Shenzhou-7 mission in which China's first EVA... Read more →
All the King’s Horses: The Final Mission to Skylab (Part 2)
Forty years ago this week, in November 1973, NASA launched its third and final crew to the Skylab space station. As recounted in yesterday’s... Read more →
All the King’s Horses: The Final Mission to Skylab (Part 1)
Boosted aloft atop a Saturn IB rocket, and utilizing a special “milk stool” to raise its umbilical connections to the proper levels on the Pad... Read more →
Doomsday or Payday? Nova Explores Asteroids
In the months since the Chelyabinsk meteorite startled a Russian metropolitan area by exploding just above the ground and shattering all the windows... Read more →
UNESCO Artist for Peace: Unique Role for Sarah Brightman on ISS
Since the concept of space tourism began, as early as the late 50s when exploration beyond earth was dramatically coming into realization, there has... Read more →
Review: The Science Channel’s Challenger Disaster
After of day of staring up into mostly-cloudy skies, I was very tired. However, I had seen promotions for The Discovery Channel’s “The... Read more →