*Now Extended* 6th IAASS Conference Final Call for Papers: Safety is Not an Option
The 6th IAASS International Space Safety Conference "Safety is Not an Option" will be hosted by the McGill University in Montreal (Canada) on 21-23... Read more →
Google Lunar X PRIZE Team Summit 2012
Google Lunar X Prize offers $20 million to the first privately funded team to land and operate a rover on the Moon. This year, at the Google Lunar X... Read more →
Cool Flames Aboard ISS
In microgravity, flames burn spherically (Credits: NASA). In the weightless environment of space, fire burns differently because the convective... Read more →
Suffredini Comments on Dragon Anomalies
Debris falls following the loss of Engine 1 during Falcon 9's October 7 flight (Credits: SpaceX). SpaceX's first cargo delivery to the... Read more →
Cut Cable Severs Russian Link with International Space Station, Satellites
Moscow Mission Control lost contact with civilian satellites after a cable was accidentally cut (Credits: RIA Novosti/Vladimir Rodionov). Shortly... Read more →
When Your Spacecraft Moves Without You
ATV-3 performs a reboost maneuver while docked to ISS (Credits: ISS). At regular intervals, the International Space Station needs a propulsive... Read more →