Spacecraft Design

Flexure to Put NASA Thermal Insulation Technology to Work

By Staff Writers on December 28, 2012

Adequate thermal insulation is critical to spacecraft operations. Here, engineers apply insulation blanketing to the James Webb telescope (Credits:... Read more →

ISS for Nobel Peace Prize

Further Up Yonder

By Staff Writers on December 28, 2012

Italian videomaker Giacomo Sardelli produced this video, entitled Further Up Yonder: A Message from ISS to All Humanity. "I'm not the first one to... Read more →

News

Russian Energia Won $11 Million Contract for Unmanned Space Lab

By Matteo Emanuelli on December 27, 2012

Oka-T-MKS multipurpose module (Credits: RSC Energia). RSC Energia (РКК «Энергия»), the largest Russian space corporation has won a... Read more →

Asteroid Mining2

NASA to White House: May I Bring My Asteroid Home?

By Merryl Azriel on December 27, 2012

Depiction of a robotic asteroid capture vessel (Credits: Rick Sternbach/Keck Institute for Space Studies). Not long after the US Presidential... Read more →

Media

Astronaut Chris Hadfield Composes First Song on ISS

By Staff Writers on December 27, 2012

Shortly after his arrival onboard, flight engineer Chris Hadfield composed and recorded his first song from the International Space Station.... Read more →

Media

SpaceX Grasshopper Leaps with 2 Meter Cowboy

By Merryl Azriel on December 26, 2012

"To provide a little perspective on the size of Grasshopper, we added a 6 ft cowboy to the rocket" tweeted SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. On December 17,... Read more →