Commercial Spaceflight

SpaceX to Launch Private Astronauts in 2015

By Matteo Emanuelli on January 11, 2013

SpaceX's Falcon 9 blasting off from Cape Canaveral on October 7, 2012. The launch was succesful although one of the nine engines failed just... Read more →

Interplanetary Contamination and Extraterrestrial Life

UFO versus a Weather Balloon: Recent Californian Mystery Solved

By Tereza Pultarova on January 11, 2013

It must have been a huge disappointment for all mystery lovers and UFO believers when, shortly after the sighting of a strange object bursting high... Read more →

Spacecraft Design

Space Systems/Loral: A Case Study in Ineffective Incident Investigation

By Merryl Azriel on January 10, 2013

Satellite testing being conducted at Space Systems/Loral (Credits: SS/L). Over nine years, three Space System/Loral (SS/L) satellites experienced... Read more →

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Apophis Passage Improves Forecasts

By Merryl Azriel on January 10, 2013

Images of Apophis captured by the Herschel telescope on Jan 5-6 at wavelengths of 70, 100, and 160 microns from left to right (Credits: ESA). The... Read more →

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Bigelow Contract Could Bring Inflatable Module to ISS by 2016

By Matteo Emanuelli on January 10, 2013

The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) on the ISS as it should appear in 2016 (Credits: NASA). Bigelow Aerospace and NASA have signed a... Read more →

Rocket Design

Orbital Sciences to Test New Rocket and Spacecraft Mockup in February

By Phillip Keane on January 10, 2013

Artist's impression of Cygnus berthing with ISS (Credits: Orbital Sciences Corporation). Orbital Sciences Corporation is set to test their new... Read more →