Sprite Campaign Catches Exotic Lightning
As SpaceWeather.com reports: "August 12th was another successful night in our sprites campaign," reports Jason Ahrns of the University of Alaska... Read more →
NASA Commercial Crew Partner SpaceX Completes Orbit and Entry Review
Source: NASA NASA Commercial Crew Program (CCP) partner Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) recently reviewed the systems critical to sustaining... Read more →
“Easily Retrievable Asteroids” May Prove Mining Boon
A team of scientists at the University of Strathclyde went looking for some asteroids that would make good candidates for space mining. They found... Read more →
SpaceX Grasshopper Makes Exquisitely Controlled Lateral Move
In a divert test on August 13, SpaceX's vertical-landing Grasshopper tried out its first lateral move. With a degree of control difficult to believe,... Read more →
Personal Jetpack Ready for Flight Testing
PhysOrg reports that New Zealand company Martin Aircraft has been cleared to perform human flight testing on a personalized jetpack called P12. The... Read more →
Balloon a Go…No-Go? — Gildenberg’s Call, Part 1
By Mike Shinaberry Then-Capt. Joseph Kittinger stands next to the Excelsior gondola which, supported by a helium balloon, carried him 102,800... Read more →