‘Crankin’ APUs’: Mission 51I and NASA’s ‘Can-Do’ Spirit, Part 1
When Space Shuttle Discovery touched down in Florida on 19 April 1985—suffering seized brakes and enduring a burst tire in the process—she left... Read more →
Epsilon’s First Flight Postponed Due to a Glitch During Launch Sequence
The maiden launch of JAXA’s Epsilon rocket was postponed due to a last-minute glitch on August 27. The launch from the Uchinoura Space Center in... Read more →
Space Safety Magazine, Issue 8, Summer 2013
Inside the Summer 2013 Issue of Space Safety Magazine Rising Up, Aiming Down Water-filled Helmet Ends EVA: The Close Call of Luca... Read more →
Rising Up, Aiming Down
In the past two years, almost at regular intervals, we received recurrent news about the failure of a Russian rocket launch. A few weeks ago, on July... Read more →
Waving Rockets Out of the Air
It is an open secret that Elon Musk was part of the inspiration behind the latest cinematic iteration of Iron Man. And we know Musk, who made a cameo... Read more →
Gildenberg Never Brought a Balloon Down More than 1/4 Mile from its Target, Part 3
Read part 2 of this series here. Capt. Joe Kittinger prepares to launch in Man High I (Credits: USAF). NASA wasn’t even a year old when, in... Read more →