The International Space Station: 15 Years of Groundbreaking Achievements
Humanity has big plans for its presence in space. Following the end of the U.S. space shuttle program, President Barack Obama announced that NASA... Read more →
Basic Safety Measures Ignored in Plesetsk Fatal Accident
Two military officers died while cleaning out a propellant storage tank at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on November 9. The Russian authorities promptly... Read more →
SpaceX Reaches Key Safety Milestone, Prepares for 2014 Abort Tests
It was announced yesterday (Nov. 15) that NASA and SpaceX engineers and safety specialists met in late October to discuss the safety of the Dragon... Read more →
New Course from IAASS
Click to visit the course page and register On January 21-23, 2014, International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS)... Read more →
How Realistic Is Gravity? Bad Science, Errors, And Accuracy Of The 2013 Blockbuster
Set to be one of the blockbuster movies of 2013, director Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity is a 3D space thriller following the exploits of two... Read more →
Praise, Emotions, Mark End of NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services Program
By Jason Rhian NASA’s COTS program has seen two additional, private-public spacecraft travel to the ISS. Both Orbital’s Cygnus (seen here)... Read more →