Satellite Tracking

Budget Worries Hold up Space Fence Contract

By Merryl Azriel on July 24, 2013

The Space Fence program is one initiative USSTRATCOM is undertaking to improve space situational awareness (Credits: Lockheed Martin). It looks... Read more →

Extravehicular Activities

NASA Team Formed to Investigate EVA-23 Incident

By AmericaSpace on July 24, 2013

Chris Cassidy works outside the International Space Station on 16 July. His 6.5-hour EVA with Luca Parmitano was cut short after just 92 minutes by... Read more →

News

Five Proton-M Rockets May Be Launched by End of 2013

By Matteo Emanuelli on July 24, 2013

Proton rocket rolling out for launch. Commercial launches may be preceded by a demonstrator flight carrying a Russian satellite (Credits:... Read more →

Space Science

Shenzhou-10 Used to Mutate Chinese Medicine Seeds

By Merryl Azriel on July 23, 2013

Shenzhou 10 brought back more than its crew from space. The capsule carried Chinese Medicine seeds, irradiated in the hopes of improving potency and... Read more →

Asteroids and Comets

How NASA Space Assets Will Observe Comet ISON

By Staff Writers on July 23, 2013

Comet ISON, discovered September 21, 2012, presents a rare opportunity to study a "fresh" comet - one newly detached from the Oort Cloud, carrying... Read more →

Extravehicular Activities

NASA Scrambles to Get Suit Kit to ISS as Leak Investigation Continues

By Merryl Azriel on July 23, 2013

Spacesuits lay idle until a leak in Parmitano's suit, pictured left, can be found and resolved (Credits: NASA). NASA seems to be making progress in... Read more →