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Luca Parmitano Shows Off his Spacesuits

By Staff Writers on May 10, 2013

ESA Astronaut Luca Parmitano is training for his upcoming trip to ISS in September, which includes getting used to his Orlan and Sokol spacesuits.... Read more →

Press Releases

NASA Commercial Partner Sierra Nevada Completes Safety Review

By Staff Writers on May 10, 2013

Source: NASA Rendition of SNC's Dream Chaser docked with ISS (Credits: SNC). Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) Space Systems of Louisville, Colo., has... Read more →

News

ISS Ammonia Loop Springs a Leak

By Phillip Keane on May 10, 2013

Drawing of the P6 truss, suspected location of the ammonia leak (Credits: NASA). On May 9th, the current crew of the International Space Station... Read more →

Rendezvous and Docking

iDocking: Interview with Iacopo Baroncini

By Giulia Federico on May 9, 2013

Iacopo Baroncini inside the Soyuz Simulator at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne (Credits: Iacopo Baroncini). Every space enthusiast... Read more →

Extreme Solar Weather

Joint Action Group Looks at Coming Decade of Space Weather

By Merryl Azriel on May 9, 2013

Figure 1 fro mteh report, captioned "Conditions-Systems-Impacts-Actions Linkage" (Credits: National Space Weather Program Council). In the 2010... Read more →

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Biomass Satellite Selected as ESA’s 7th Earth Explorer Mission

By Phillip Keane on May 9, 2013

The Biomass mission aims to "weigh" Biomass, particularly in the tropics (Credits: ESA). ESA announced on May 7th that the “Biomass”... Read more →