Baikonour Gopher Wins Fans Worldwide
Smack in the middle of launch preparations, heavy machinery moving directly overhead, a gopher lives in his hole in the center of Baikonour... Read more →
Mice Return from Long Duration Spaceflight, Show Reproductive Effects
Astronaut Nicole Stott displays the Mice Drawer System on ISS during Expedition 21 (Credits: NASA). Three mice have returned to Earth alive after... Read more →
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 →