X Class Flare Sends Waves of Ionization Over Asia, Australia
Views of the October 23 flare in different wavelengths as seend by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (Credits: NASA). Sunspot AR1598 emerged over... Read more →
Effectiveness of Post Mission Disposal Rule Could Curtail LEO Debris Creation
Artist's conception of a satellite breakup (Credits: William K. Hartmann). Although predicting the future debris environment is very difficult, a... Read more →
Expedition 33 Crew (Plus 32 Fish) on the Way to ISS
On Tuesday, October 23, the Soyuz TMA-06M space capsule was launched aboard the Soyuz rocket from the Russian Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.... Read more →
Meteorite Lands on House Following California Fireball
The Novato meteorite (Credits: P. Jenniskens, SETI Institute/NASA ARC). October 24 Update: It now appears that the rock found in Lisa Webber's... Read more →
Blue Origin Completes Pusher Pad Escape Test
Blue Origin's pusher escape system launches away from the launch pad to protect crews on orbital and suborbital flights (Credits: Blue... Read more →
ESA Denies Debris Culpability in Envisat Case
Envisat operated for 10 years monitoring the Earth's environment (Credits: ESA). On October 11th ESA denied the accusation that the Agency had... Read more →