ESTCube Survives First Collision Threat, Faces Another
ESTCube-1 is not having a very good week. Just as operators were heaving a sigh of relief over having escaped a collision with a close-passing debris... Read more →
Asteroid that Possibly Spawned Chelyabinsk Meteor Identified
An asteroid that may have been the source for the meteor that exploded above Chelyabinsk, Russia in February. It is thought that a fragment of the... Read more →
Jack Parsons and the Occult Roots of JPL
Almost everyone in the fields of space and aeronautical engineering are aware of the names of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Robert Goddard, and Werner Von... Read more →
Estonian Cubesat on a Collision Course with Iridium-Cosmos Debris
Image of ESTCube-1 operating its experiment (Credits: University of Tartu) According to the United States Joint Space Operations Center (JSOC),... Read more →
Subject to Orbital Debris Impact
Introduction The hazard from orbital debris is of growing international concern for the safety of space-based infrastructure. Because of their... Read more →
First Hand Account of Close Call EVA
The source of a leak in Astronaut Luca Parmitano's spacesuit that prompted a premature return to the International Space Station for space walkers... Read more →