National Space Programs1

Spotlight on India’s Space Program

By Merryl Azriel on July 19, 2012

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), India's space agency, has been receiving global attention in recent days. The agency, whose lead... Read more →

Press Releases

Inflatable Spacecraft Heat Shield Set to Launch

By Staff Writers on July 18, 2012

  Workers from ILC Dover and NASA Langley inflated and tested the Inflatable Re-Entry Vehicle Experiment (IRVE) (Credits: NASA/Sean... Read more →

News

Soyuz Docks, Delivers Crew

By Merryl Azriel on July 18, 2012

The approaching Soyuz TMA-05M as captured from the International Space Station on July 17 (Credits: NASA). On the morning of July 17, the Soyuz... Read more →

Radiation1

Active Shielding: A New Approach to Radiation

By Merryl Azriel on July 18, 2012

Electrostatic Active Space Radiation Shielding would redirect incoming energetic particles so as to avoid the spacecraft altogether (Credits:... Read more →

Media

RESOLVE Rover Tests In Situ Resource Utilization in Hawaii

By Staff Writers on July 17, 2012

  Artemis Jr, CSA's ISRU rover (Credits: NASA/Joe Bibby). NASA is developing a robotic explorer at Kennedy Space Center in Florida to... Read more →

Commercial Spaceflight

Virgin Galactic’s LauncherOne Promises Accessible Space

By Maria Fischer on July 17, 2012

Richard Branson shows off a model of LauncherOne during his announcement (Credits: Mark Chivers). On July 11 2012, at the Farnborough... Read more →