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 →
Vote from Space, Vote for Space
It’s been more than a week since Americans re-elected Barack Obama to serve as the president of the US for another 4 years. And even though we... Read more →
The Van Allen Probes: Honoring the Origins of Magnetospheric Science
On Nov. 9, 2012, NASA renamed the Radiation Belt Storm Probes to the Van Allen Probes. The probes, shown here in an artist's rendition, will help... Read more →
Characterizing Near Earth Asteroids with Radar
Composite image of asteroid 2007PA8 captured by the Goldstone observatory over October 28-30 (Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Gemini). NASA released... Read more →
Solar Eclipse: Spectacular View and Better Solar Predictions
The November 14 eclipse as seen by Solar Dynamics Observatory observers over Cairns Australia (Credits: NASA). On November 14, the northeast of... Read more →