Asteroids and Comets

Spacecraft Duo to Deflect Asteroid

By Siddharth Raval on January 22, 2013

Artist’s concept of the US-European Asteroid Impact and Deflection mission (Credits: ESA). The European Space Agency (ESA) plans to send a pair... Read more →

Media

UrtheCast to Let Everyone See Earth from ISS

By Merryl Azriel on January 21, 2013

We've all seen the fabulous photographs that astronauts beam down to Earth from their perch up in the International Space Station. From time-lapse... Read more →

News

Update on Rockot Launch: Possible Breeze-KM Failure

By Matteo Emanuelli on January 21, 2013

A Breeze-M Upper Stage.  The Breeze-M shares a lot of components with the smaller Breeze-KM which is why the recent possible Breeze-KM's failure... Read more →

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Organizational Factors of the Columbia Disaster

By Merryl Azriel on January 20, 2013

Fragments of the Columbia orbiter, stored in the RLV Hangar at Kennedy Space Center Credits: NASA). The disintegration of Space Shuttle Columbia... Read more →

Commercial Spaceflight

Are You Healthy Enough for Commercial Spaceflight?

By Tereza Pultarova on January 20, 2013

None of the private space companies planning to offer commercial human space flight opportunities have started their operations yet, however,... Read more →

Media

Mona Lisa Tests Laser Communications

By Staff Writers on January 18, 2013

Lasers hold potential for any number of yet-to-be-developed space applications. Some ideas include shooting down space debris, laser-propelled... Read more →