The Longest Continuous View of Earth From Space Hits 40
Swirls of phytoplankton make a Van Gogh-like scene in thie 2005 Landsat image of Gotland, a Swedish island in the Baltic Sea (Credits:... Read more →
The Life of Sally Ride, First American Woman in Space
On July 23, 2012 Sally Ride died peacefully in her San Diego home of pancreatic cancer. She was 61 years old. Sally Ride became a household name... Read more →
Secure World Foundation Announces International Dialog on Satellite Servicing and Debris Removal
Conception of repurposed orbital debris under DARPA's Phoenix program (Credits: DARPA). Secure World Foundation released the... Read more →
Asteroid Zips Past Moon on July 22
Near Earth asteroid 2002 AM31 passed by Earth on July 22. At its closest approach, the city-block sized asteroid passed 5.2 km from Earth, equivalent... Read more →
Post-Challenger Kennedy Director Forrest McCartney Dead at 81
An autographed official NASA photograph of McCartney On July 17, Forrest McCartney, former NASA Kennedy Space Center Director and retired Air... Read more →
HTV-3 En Route to International Space Station
HTV-2 on the end of ISS' Canadarm 2 in 2011 (Credits: JAXA). On Saturday, July 21 the H-II Transfer Vehicle-3 (HTV-3) launched from the... Read more →