Spacecraft Atmospheric Reentry

Calling Debris on the Carpet

By Merryl Azriel on January 20, 2014

It's been quite a week for space debris. Our favorite space debris movie, Gravity, is making headlines once again as it elbows through the Hollywood... Read more →

Nuclear Propulsion2

Energy Resources for Space Missions

By Göktuğ Karacalıoğlu on January 16, 2014

Today, energy is possibly one of the most critical sources for humanity. On Earth, we make use of different energy resources such as fossil fuels... Read more →

International Space Station

The Future of International Space and its Station

By Merryl Azriel on January 15, 2014

Washington D.C. played host to space agency representatives from 32 nations on January 9-10, who attended summits on international collaboration in... Read more →

Space Policy

A Senator in Space: 61C And The Original ‘Mission Impossible’

By AmericaSpace on January 14, 2014

Columbia swoops like a bird of prey into Edwards Air Force Base on 18 January 1986, just 10 days ahead of the Challenger tragedy. Commander Robert... Read more →

Robotics

Safe and Trustworthy Autonomous Robotic Assistants

By Guest Author on January 13, 2014

The Care-O-bot robotic assistant in the Robot House at the University of Hertfordshire, in use as part of the RoboSafe project (Credits: The... Read more →

Red Bull Stratos

Interview with Olav Zipser – FreeFly Astronaut Project

By Matteo Emanuelli on January 10, 2014

Olav Zipser is considered the "Father of Freefly", a skydiving discipline which involves non-traditional forms of bodyflight (Credits: Olav... Read more →