National Space Programs

Russia in Space: an Interview with Anatoly Zak

By Matteo Emanuelli on July 31, 2013

Front and back cover of "Russia in Space: The Past Explained, the Future Explored" (Credits: Anatoly Zak). Just before the publication of his... Read more →

Skylab

Nostalgia for an Age Yet To Come, Skylab 40th Anniversary

By AmericaSpace on July 31, 2013

This weekend, the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation remembered the United States’ first space station – Skylab (Credits: NASA). In an episode... Read more →

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 →