News

Third Time Lucky For South Korean Space Launch

By Matteo Emanuelli on January 31, 2013

The Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 successfully blasts off from Naro Space Center (Credits: Yonhap). South Korea successfully launched its first... Read more →

Media

Challenger Astronaut’s Brother Recalls Boundary-Breaking Childhood

By Staff Writers on January 30, 2013

 Astronaut Ronald E. McNair died on the Challenger space shuttle 27 years ago this week, a mission specialist on his second spaceflight. McNair's... Read more →

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Superconducting Magnets to Protect Spacecraft from Radiation

By Siddharth Raval on January 30, 2013

While on Earth, the planet protects us from space radiation and cosmic rays with its magnetic field. NASA scientists are now working on an analogous... Read more →

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Cosmos 1484 Reenters Atmosphere over Eastern United States

By Michael J. Listner on January 30, 2013

The Meteor satellite (Credits: Encyclopedia Astronautica). Cosmos 1484, an Earth resources satellite launched by the Soviet Union, reentered the... Read more →

News

Iran Claims Monkey Launched to Space

By Merryl Azriel on January 29, 2013

A photograph broadcast on Iranian TV as the monkey they reported launching into space (Credits: Press TV). On January 28, Iranian state... Read more →

Deep Space Exploration

ESAIL Propels Spacecraft with Wire Tether Array

By Maria Fischer on January 29, 2013

Artist's impression of the ESAIL concept (Credits: Antigravite/ Szams). The electronic solar sail (ESAIL) is a technology that utilizes the... Read more →