News

Marshall Space Center Opens New ISS Control Center

By Merryl Azriel on June 25, 2013

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center's LED-filled Payload Operations Integration Center has officially abandoned the retro look (Credits:... Read more →

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Russian Crew Successfully Complete 6.5-Hour EVA

By Matteo Emanuelli on June 25, 2013

Yurchikhin and Misurkin translating on the Strela boom, during EVA-33 (Credits: NASA TV) Two Russian cosmonauts ventured outside of the... Read more →

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Timeline of the Columbia Disaster

By Merryl Azriel on June 24, 2013

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 →

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IRIS and Understanding Solar Wind

By Staff Writers on June 24, 2013

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 →

Destination Mars

What to Wear on a Mars Trip?

By Tereza Pultarova on June 24, 2013

Expedtion 31 displaying current space apparel (Credits: Don Pettit/NASA). While dealing with countless obstacles and technological challenges in... Read more →

Reentry, Descent and Landing

ESA’s IXV Successfully Completes Milestone Test

By Matteo Emanuelli on June 24, 2013

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 →