Detecting Heartbeats : NASA Technology Used to Rescue Disaster Victims on Earth
A revolutionary radar device that can detect the heartbeats and breathing patterns of disaster victims trapped under rubble has been developed by... Read more →
Gravity: Ripped from the Headlines?
October 4 is the US release of the space thriller motion picture “Gravity.” Directed by Alfonso Cuarón and written by Cuarón and his son Jonás... Read more →
Cross-Talk: Space Law in Down-To-Earth English
The FAA’s Six-Stepped Staircase to Space Congress passed the Commercial Space Launch Act (the “Act”) in 1984. In 2004, Congress amended the... Read more →
549 employees including two astronauts stay at work amid NASA shutdown
• NASA’s operations reduced to essential mission support • Maven launch at risk of a 3-year delay • Caltech funded NASA JPL stays open... Read more →
Analysis of Newest Falcon 9’s First Flight Continues
Update October 2: With apologies to our readers, we have corrected a numerical inaccuracy and clarified some misleading statements in the original... Read more →
Producing Jet Fuel from Berries with a Little Help from Microgravity
Zero Gravity Solutions Inc (ZGSI), a Florida based company, is performing microgravity experiments to modify a plant named jatropha curcas to grow in... Read more →