NASA Approves Next Falcon 9 Mission Following October Anomaly
Falcon 9 rocket's engines. Although 1 engine failed during the launc on October 7, the Dragon cargo made succesfully to the ISS (Credits:... Read more →
Spacecraft Duo to Deflect Asteroid
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 →
UrtheCast to Let Everyone See Earth from ISS
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 →
Update on Rockot Launch: Possible Breeze-KM Failure
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 →
Organizational Factors of the Columbia Disaster
Fragments of the Columbia orbiter, stored in the RLV Hangar at Kennedy Space Center Credits: NASA). The disintegration of Space Shuttle Columbia... Read more →
Are You Healthy Enough for Commercial Spaceflight?
None of the private space companies planning to offer commercial human space flight opportunities have started their operations yet, however,... Read more →