Aqueous Immersion Space Surgery to be Microgravity Tested
Jennifer Hayden and James Burgess work with the Aqueous Immersion Surgical System prototype prior to an upcoming parabolic flight test (Credits:... Read more →
NASA Funds Study of Sideways Flying Supersonic Plane
A rendition of the Supersonic Bidirectional Flying Wing (Credits: Gecheng Zha). NASA has approved a $100,000 grant for development of a... Read more →
Chinese Use Space Radiation to Mutate Food Crops
A cucumber derived from space irradiated seeds (Credits: Guandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences). Exposure to radiation is one of the... Read more →
Russia Spends $1 Billion on New Cosmodrome While Agency Investigation Continues
Putin (second from right) inspecting a model of the new cosmodrome (Credits: cosmodromegovernment.ru). Russia began construction of the Vostochny... Read more →
Coronal Mass Ejection Causes Moderate Geomagnetic Storm
CME shockwave and accompanying ground current observed September 3 (Credits: Spaceweather.com). On August 31, a spectacular solar filament... Read more →
Hundreds Honor Neil Armstrong at Memorial Services
On Friday, August 31, Neil Armstrong was remembered in a private ceremony in Cincinatti, Ohio that included family, fellow astronauts, and a naval... Read more →