Astronaut Sunita Williams to Race in Space
NASA astronaut Sunita Williams is a triathlete when she's on Earth and sees no reason why being stationed on the International Space Station should... Read more →
US Examines Perchlorate Safety
A 2010 test of a solid rocket motor based on space shuttle test equipment at NASA's Marshall Spaceflight Center (Credits: NASA). Ammonium... Read more →
Breeze-M Failure Yields Space Debris
The ill-fated August 6 Proton-M launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome (Credits: Roscosmos). The failure of a Proton-M upper stage Breeze-M on August 6... Read more →
MSG-3 Returns First Image of Earth
Source: ESA On August 7, the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI) instrument on MSG-3 captured its first image of the Earth. This... Read more →
Curiosity Images Just Keep Coming
Even before its wheel very gently struck Martian soil on August 6, the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity started taking pictures. The Mars Descent... Read more →
Bernard Lovell, Radar Pioneer, Dead at 98
Sir Bernard Lovell and his telescope (Credits: PA Images). Pioneering English radio astronomer Bernard Lovell died on August 6, just short of his... Read more →