Media

Dragon Returns to Earth

By Staff Writers on March 27, 2013

Dragon plunks down in the Pacific Ocean on March 26 after successful completion of CRS-2 (Credits: Space X). SpaceX's Dragon cargo vessel... Read more →

Press Releases

XCOR Fires Piston Pump Rocket Engine

By Staff Writers on March 27, 2013

XCOR Aerospace released the following statement on March 26, accompanying a video of the 67 second test. XCOR tests its piston pump propulsion... Read more →

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Proton Back in Service After Briz-M Failure

By Matteo Emanuelli on March 26, 2013

Proton launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome. (Credits: Krunichev). Russia’s Proton-M rocket lifted off with SatMex-8, a Mexican communication... Read more →

Deep Space Exploration

Space: Securing Communications with Quantum Teleportation

By Merryl Azriel on March 26, 2013

A beam splitter can be used to separate entangled quanta (Credits: Quantum Optics and Quantum Communication). Developments in quantum... Read more →

Meteorites

American Meteor Society Straightens Out the Space Rocks

By Staff Writers on March 26, 2013

Ever get confused between a meteor and a meteoroid? Want to know exactly when an asteroid becomes a meteor? The American Meteor Society's Vincent... Read more →

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Dragon Postponed Reentry to March 26 Due to Weather Conditions

By Matteo Emanuelli on March 26, 2013

SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft and Candarm2, the robotic arm that will detach the capsule from the ISS (Credits: NASA). The SpaceX Dragon space... Read more →