Asteroid 2012 TC4 to Pass Within 0.25 Lunar Distances of Earth
All known asteroids in the vicinity of Earth as of October 8, as calculated by the Armaugh Observatory. The red circle marks 10 lunar distances from... Read more →
Dragon Arrives at Station, Berthed and Hatch Opened
Dragon grappled by ISS robotic arm Canadarm2 (Credits: NASA). Source: NASA Running well ahead of schedule, Expedition 33 Commander Suni... Read more →
Astrium Explores Space Debris Harpoon
Astrium UK is exploring the concept, just presented at the International Astronautical Congress, of a space debris harpoon to help clean up Earth... Read more →
Testing Mars and Moon Soil for Sheltering Astronauts from Radiation
GSI's 120 m linear particle accelerator (Credits: GSI). Source: ESA Humans venturing beyond Earth orbit deeper into space face increased... Read more →
Capturing a Spacewalk Moment
Cosmonaut Oleg Kotov took this photograph of a fellow spacewalker snapping photos during one of his three extravehicular activities. Kotov flew on... Read more →
News Shorts: Falcon 9, Felix Baumgartner, and The Spaceship Company
Debris falls following the loss of Engine 1 during Falcon 9's October 7 flight (Credits: SpaceX). Falcon 9 Engine Loss Still Under... Read more →