Extravehicular Activities1

When EVAs Go Wrong

By Merryl Azriel on July 17, 2013

Ed White, the first NASA astronaut to undertake an EVA (Credits: NASA). The history of extravehicular space activities (EVAs) is strewn with... Read more →

News2

EVA Ended Early Because of a Water Leak in Parmitano’s Spacesuit

By Matteo Emanuelli on July 17, 2013

Karen Nyberg helps Parmitano to take his helmet off as soon as he's back on board (Credits: NASA TV) Mission Control decided to end early the... Read more →

Space Science

NASA Inspector General Report Calls for More ISS Research

By Merryl Azriel on July 16, 2013

On July 8, the NASA Inspector General issued an audit regarding the amount of research being conducted on the International Space Station. Since the... Read more →

Space in Everyday Life

China’s First Lecture from Space a Sign of More to Come

By Maria Fischer on July 16, 2013

Chinese students watch the first China's space lecture, given by Wang Yaping (Credits: CFP). In a sign of China’s evolving capabilities in... Read more →

Rocket Design1

3-D Printed Rocket Injector Successfully Tested by NASA and Industry

By Matteo Emanuelli on July 16, 2013

Hot fire test in in the Rocket Combustion Laboratory at NASA Glenn Research Center (Credits: NASA). NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne have recently... Read more →

Destination Mars

Report of the Mars 2020 Science Definition Team

By Merryl Azriel on July 15, 2013

Basic concept of the Mars 2020 rover (Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech). On July 9, the Science Definition Team commissioned by NASA to devise the... Read more →