Commercial Spaceflight

Everything You Wanted to Know about Space Tourism but Were Afraid to Ask

By Tereza Pultarova on February 3, 2013

The International Institute of Space Commerce held a workshop in London entitled Space Tourism: Risks and Solution (Credits: Tereza... Read more →

Asteroids and Comets

ISRO to Launch Canada’s First Space Telescope

By Siddharth Raval on February 3, 2013

NEOSSat orbiting above Canada (Credits: University of Calgary). Canada's first space telescope NEOSSat (Near-Earth Object Space Surveillance... Read more →

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Zenit Launch with Intelsat 27 Ends in Ocean

By Merryl Azriel on February 2, 2013

the Sea Launch Odyssey platform, docked at home base in California (Credits: Sea Launch). At 06:56 GMT on Friday, February 1, a Zenit-3SL rocket... Read more →

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Sixteen Minutes from Home

By Staff Writers on February 2, 2013

Day of Remembrance 2013 service at the Space Mirror, Kennedy Space Center (Credits: NASA). On February 1, the Astronaut Memorial Foundation held... Read more →

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News Shorts: TRDS-K Launch, Laser Communications, and Dream Chaser’s First Test

By Matteo Emanuelli on February 1, 2013

Altas 5 blasts off from Cape Canaveral carrying TDRS-K, on January 30 (Credits: NASA). TRDS-K Launch Successful The new NASA’s Tracking and Data... Read more →

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Columbia And The Day of Remembrance

By Merryl Azriel on February 1, 2013

Patches from the Apollo 1, Challenger STS-51-L, and Columbia STS-107 missions (Credits: NASA). NASA commemorates its fallen each year in the week... Read more →