Ground-based Images of Bion-M1 Spacecraft
On April 19, the Bion-M1 satellite lifted up on a Soyuz 2-1a rocket from Baikonur. Five days later, there was one favorable pass of the spacecraft... Read more →
Suborbital Flight Companies and Researchers Meet at NSRC2013
Logo of the 2013 Next-Generation Suborbital Conference (Credits: NSRC). Researchers and educators interested in commercial suborbital reusable... Read more →
NASA Discovery Raises Concerns about Fire Safety in Space
Still frames of an acrylic sphere burning as part of an experiment aboard the International Space Station. Shooting nitrogen at the flame... Read more →
IAASS President Could Chair First ICAO Space Working Group
At the Regulation of Emerging Modes of Aerospace Transportation (REMAT) conference in Montreal on May 24-25, the main topic of discussion was... Read more →
Elon Musk Says Rockets Reusability Will Be The Revolution
Test firing of Falcon 9-R (Credits: SpaceX) SpaceX’s CEO, Elon Musk, discussed the company’s objectives in the short and long term at the D11... Read more →
IAA Conference: Gathering for Impact!
The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) held its 3rd annual IAA Planetary Defense Conference on April 15-19, entitled "Gathering for Impact!"... Read more →