PREDICCS Wants to Predict Radiation Danger for Astronauts
A research team from the Space Science Center at the University of New Hampshire is working on a project that determines the radiation environment... Read more →
ISS News: Progress Docks After Short Trip, Debris Avoided
Progress M-17M, just before docking with the International Space Station (Credits: NASA). On October 31 at 7:41 GMT, a Soyuz-U launched from... Read more →
Tracking Hurricanes: Aging Satellites Put Forecasting Future in Doubt
Hurricane Sandy has made news around the world as the unusually large storm coincided with an early cold front and high tide over the densely... Read more →
B612 Foundation Contracts for Sentinel Sensors
The following press release was published by the B612 Foundation on October 30: Sentinel's proposed orbit, from which it will hunt for near Earth... Read more →
Knot: The Oldest Space Technology
Knots adjusting the wiring on the deck of Curiosity rover (Credits: NASA). As noticed recently by some geeks around the International Guild of... Read more →
Paintballs Win Move an Asteroid Competition
While there have been many proposals for preventing asteroid collisions with Earth, ranging from nuclear detonations to gravity tractors, paintballs... Read more →