Moon Base: Living and Working on the Moon
Establishing extraplanetary colonies has long been an underpinning of space exploration. Here is one look at how all the pieces fit together into a... Read more →
Dust to Dust: Research Scientist Solves Problems for Two Agencies
Spann established the Dusty Plasma Laboratory (pictured above) in the mid-90s to learn more about the dust on the surface of the Moon (Photo... Read more →
Shenzhou-10 Lands Safely after 15-day Mission
Taikonauts Nie Haishheng, Wang Yaping and Zhang Xiaoguang wave their hands for the cameras, just after the landing (Credits: news.cn). The... Read more →
Ten Thousandth Near-Earth Object Unearthed in Space
Source: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Asteroid 2013 MZ5 as seen by the University of Hawaii's PanSTARR-1 telescope. In this animated gif, the... Read more →
First O3b Satellites Launched from Guiana
The O3b constellation, in MEO. (Credits: O3b Networks). Four O3b satellites have successfully been launched on an Arianespace Soyuz ST-B launch... Read more →
Active Debris Removal: A Necessary Evil
Having sent objects to space for more than 60 years, we are just starting to see the true face of space debris: Dead satellites re-enter our... Read more →