The Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster1

The Columbia Disaster and Space Program Safety

By Andrea Gini on January 29, 2013

LeRoy E. Cain, STS-107 entry flight director, realizes the loss of the crew following the Columbia disaster. The sixth issue of Space Safety... Read more →

Media

Moonrush’s Mining Economy Coming Closer to Reality

By Merryl Azriel on January 28, 2013

In 2004 Dennis Wingo, founder of Skycorp, published Moonrush: Improving Life on Earth with the Moon's Resources. The book advocates for creation of... Read more →

News

Dextre Completes ISS Refueling Demonstration

By Merryl Azriel on January 28, 2013

Dextre manages a tricky wire-cutting maneuver with just a few millimeters of clearance (Credits: NASA). On January 25, Dextre, a robotic... Read more →

The Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster

A Week of Tragedies: Remembering Challenger

By Merryl Azriel on January 28, 2013

Plume accompanying Challenger's breakup (Credits: NASA). In a coincidence nearly odd enough to make even a rocket scientist wonder about fate,... Read more →

The Apollo 1 Fire

A Week of Tragedies: Remembering Apollo 1, Challenger, and Columbia

By Merryl Azriel on January 27, 2013

The Astronauts Memorial Foundations' Dignity Memorial commemorates NASA's fallen at Kennedy Space Center (Credits: Seth Buckley). In a... Read more →

Magazine1

Space Safety Magazine, Issue 6, Winter 2013

By Merryl Azriel on January 27, 2013

  We knew this issue was going to spend a lot of time looking at Columbia. As we spoke with those who experienced the tragedy first hand... Read more →