Russian Crew Successfully Complete 6.5-Hour EVA
Yurchikhin and Misurkin translating on the Strela boom, during EVA-33 (Credits: NASA TV) Two Russian cosmonauts ventured outside of the... Read more →
Timeline of the Columbia Disaster
The cultural roots of the Columbia disaster can be traced back to years of management drift at NASA, but the technical cause reaches back just days,... Read more →
IRIS and Understanding Solar Wind
Source: NASA At the end of June 2013, NASA will launch its newest mission to watch the sun: the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, or IRIS.... Read more →
What to Wear on a Mars Trip?
Expedtion 31 displaying current space apparel (Credits: Don Pettit/NASA). While dealing with countless obstacles and technological challenges in... Read more →
ESA’s IXV Successfully Completes Milestone Test
The full-scale prototype of IXV is slowed down by the parachute after being released from an altitude of 3000 m (Credits: ESA). The European... Read more →
STS-107: Columbia’s Lost Crew
On February 1, 2003 the Space Shuttle Columbia was returning home along with its seven crew members. They had successfully completed a 15 day... Read more →