Fuel Leak Scrubs India’s GSLV Return to Flight Mission
The first operational flight of India’s Geostationary Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV)—and its first successful mission—took place in September... Read more →
NASA Satellite Detects Chelyabinsk Meteor Plume Long After Explosion
NASA scientists were able to detect Chelyabinsk meteor dust using the NASA-NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite, also proving the... Read more →
India Cuts Russia Out of Next Lunar Mission
India’s second lunar mission, Chandrayaan-2, will be carried out without Russian partnership, announced a government minister on August 14. The... Read more →
Proton and Antares Scheduled to Launch on September 15
Russia is ready to resume Proton launches on September 15. International Launch Services (ILS), the U.S.-Russian joint venture that sells commercial... Read more →
EVA Goes Off Without a Hitch, Breaks Duration Record
On August 16, International Space Station cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin and Alexander Misurkin performed an 7 hour 29 minute extravehicular activity... Read more →
Driving K-10: Adventures in Off-World Telerobotics
From aboard the International Space Station (ISS), first astronaut Chris Cassidy, then his crewmate Luca Parmitano, remotely operated the K-10 rover... Read more →