Russian Shame after Proton Failure: Government Gives Roscosmos One Month for Substantial Changes
The chief of the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) Vladimir Popovkin probably hasn't had the best month of his life. After the August 6 Proton failure... Read more →
Curiosity Landing Site Named for Ray Bradbury
NASA has named the site of Curiosity's landing on Mars for the late author Ray Bradbury. In this video from November 12, 1971, Ray Bradbury takes... Read more →
Meet “CSI: NASA”
When the fairing failed to separate on this rocket, it was brought to the Failure Analysis lab to figure out what went wrong (Credits:... Read more →
Radiation Belt Storm Probe Launch Now Set for August 24
Rendition of the twin RBSP probes (Credits: NASA). The launch of NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP), intended to study the van Allen... Read more →
First SpaceWalk of Expedition 32 Complete
The first EVA of Expedition 32 was conducted by Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Yuri Malenchenko (Credits: NASA) Two Russian... Read more →
NASA Announces InSight Mission to Mars
On August 20, NASA announced its next mission to Mars. The low-cost project, named InSight, will robotically explore the nature of Mars' core and... Read more →