Adjusting to Sol Takes Toll on Mars Rovers’ Teams
Celebrating the successful landing was only the beginning. The operations team had to adjust to a longer than terrestrial day to steer to rover... Read more →
As Earth Weathers Geomagnetic Storm, Flare Heralds New Active Region
Frank Olsen of Sortland, Norway captured this October 7th photo of a sky lit with aurorae and a sea lit with bioluminescent dinoflaggelates... Read more →
Russia and US Agree to Year Long Deployment on ISS
Guy Laliberte, the last space tourist, aboard ISS with station and shuttle crew in 2009. Laliberte's flight cost $40 million and involved three... Read more →
Update: Dragon Launched with One Engine Out
Debris falls following the loss of Engine 1 during Falcon 9's October 7 flight (Credits: SpaceX). On October 7, Commercial Resupply Services... Read more →
Dragon Launches on First Supply Mission
Dragon's mission patch for CRS-1 (Credits: SpaceX). Right on time, at 8:35 PM EDT October 7, SpaceX's Dragon capsule launched aboard a Falcon 9... Read more →
The Integrated Space Plan
In the 1980's space conglomerate Rockwell International had its eye on the future - and the future was in space. This Space Week 2012, see how we... Read more →