Spacecraft Astrophotography

ATV: Helping Astrophotographers

By Ralf Vandebergh on July 9, 2013

This image of the European Automated Transfer Vehicle 4 (ATV-4) was captured on June 8 at a range of 281 km from the south of the Netherlands,... Read more →

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Retired LEO Satellites Become Space Debris

By Matteo Emanuelli on July 9, 2013

Jason-1 satellite. Launched in 2001, it lasted for 11.5 years. Its data on sea-level rise were combined with Envisat's data (Credits: NASA). In... Read more →

Astronauts and Cosmonauts

Advice from Space

By Staff Writers on July 8, 2013

Astronaut Chris Hadfield touched many people's lives during his time onboard the International Space Station. One of them was Gavin Aung Than. Than... Read more →

Life in Orbit

Listening for Leaks on ISS

By Merryl Azriel on July 8, 2013

Astronaut Chris Hadfield installs one of the UBNT units during his flight (Credits: NASA) The International Space Station is a notoriously noisy... Read more →

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Proton Failure Accelerates Reform of Russian Space Industry

By Matteo Emanuelli on July 8, 2013

On 23 December 2011, Dmitry Rogozin was appointed deputy premier of Russian Government in charge of the defense and space industry (Credits: Ria... Read more →

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Update on Proton-M Launch Failure Fall-out

By Merryl Azriel on July 5, 2013

A fire shows where the Proton-M crashed at Baikonour Cosmodrome on July 1. The combustion of 600 tons of fuel may have prevented a more serious... Read more →