Russia to Launch 5 Lunar Probes Between 2015 and 2022
Luna-Glob spacecraft, the first of five unmanned spacecrafts to the Moon (Credits: NPO lavochkin). According to the Russian state-owned news... Read more →
While NASA Cuts Back on Outreach, Crowdfunded Movie Picks Up the Challenge
While NASA is currently cutting back on outreach and public appearances of all varieties under the barrage of sequestration budget cuts, one group of... Read more →
Flying to Mars on a Fusion Rocket
The vacuum chamber, circled by high strength magnets, could produce the first fusion-based propulsion prototype (Credits: University of... Read more →
ESA Opens Space Weather Coordination Centre in Brussels
ESA's SSA Space Weather Coordination Centre (Credits: ROB/Royal Observatory Belgium). The European Space Agency (ESA) has opened a new Space... Read more →
SEXTANT: NASA’s “Cosmic Beacon”
Rendition of the 56 X-ray telescope array that comprises SEXTANT, mounted on ISS (Credits: NASA). A sextant is an old-fashioned tool used for... Read more →
Black Sky Training Obtains FAA Approval
A flight simulator from Black Sky's training curriculum (Credits:Black Sky Training). Commercial spaceflight took another step forward on March... Read more →