NASA’s Z-1 Spacesuit
NASA's current spacesuit was designed in 1982 and upgraded in 1988. Although an improvement over prior versions, such as that used for lunar missions... Read more →
Energomash to Develop and Test New High-Performance Rocket Fuel
Energomash's liquid engines. The company has started development of a new rocket engine using Atsetam as a fuel, planning to reduce the cost of... Read more →
Energia Rejects Booster Company Integration
Head of Energia, Vitaly Lopota (Credits: St. Petersburg State National Reseacrh Polytechnic). Head of Russian rocket manufacturer Energia Vitaly... Read more →
NASA X Dives into Inflatable Heat Shield
NASA's new video podcast series, NASA X, follows new technologies and the NASA scientists, researchers, and engineers who make them happen. The next... Read more →
Was the Virgin Land Campaign only a Giant Cover-up for the Baikonour Construction?
According to a post in the Friends of NASA forum on LinkedIn in December, a 2006 Russian documentary movie called Secrets of the Century: Baikonour... Read more →
U.S. Congress Passes Risk-Sharing Bill on Commercial Launches
U.S. Congress passed the launch indemnification bill on January 1. (Credit: Reuters) On January 1, The U.S. Congress extended for one year the... Read more →