ESA Signs Agreement with NASA to Build Orion Service Module
Proposal for the new Orion's design. The first launch is scheduled in 2017 on SLS (Credits: ESA). On January 16, NASA and the European Space... Read more →
Upper Stage Explosion Places LEO Satellites at Risk
Source: Orbital Debris Quarterly News Figure 1: The Briz-M upper stage contains a central engine and propellant surrounded by an auxiliary... Read more →
Orbital Debris Management & Risk Mitigation Now Available
NASA's Academy of Program/Project & Engineering Leadership (APPEL) has published a new text, Orbital Debris Management & Risk Mitigation. The... Read more →
Rockot Launch Places 3 Military Satellites In Orbit
Since the first launch, on May 16, 2000, Rockot/Breeze-KM has performed a total of 17 launches from Plesetsk Cosmodrome with 2 failures (Credits:... Read more →
Learning from Columbia
Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates in the atmosphere on February 1, 2003. In the lead up to the tenth anniversary of the disintegration of... Read more →
Coronal Mass Ejection to Reach Earth January 16
Image taken on January 14 by Goran Strand in Froson Sweden. "There was a light mist that made it possible to shoot right at the Sun without any... Read more →