Russian Docking Module to be Deorbited and Sunk This Year
The Pirs module with the two Strela cranes (Credits: NASA). Russia is planning to deorbit and sink its Pirs docking module, now attached to the... Read more →
NASA Reports Micrometeoroid Handrail Risk on ISS Solved
Illustration of the crater and lip typically formed when a micrometeoroid impacts a metal surface (Credits: Orbital Debris Quarterly News). As... Read more →
Interview with LiftPort’s Michael J. Laine
A Tethered Tower being hoisted in a balloon test (Credits: LiftPort). Space elevators are usually the realm of science fiction, but Michael J.... Read more →
NASA Will Pay the Entire Cost of Pu-238 Production
Curiosity rover is powered by a RTG fueled with 4.8 kilograms of Pu-238 (Credits: NASA). NASA will have to pay for the entire cost of... Read more →
Further Adventures in Space with ISS Commander Chris Hadfield
ISS Commander Chris Hadfield has become known for his demonstrations of ordinary activities that become somewhat extraordinary when enacted in space.... Read more →
NASA, Export Control, and Collaboration: A Bit of Clarification
Recently, Space Safety Magazine ran an editorial entitled, Sequestration and Espionage: Public Loses Access to NASA, that opined about the recent... Read more →