NASA’s Orion Parachute Drop Test Successful
A C-17 plane dropped a test version of Orion from an altitude of 7,620 m above the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in southwestern Arizona on July 18,... Read more →
Poland to Become 20th Member of ESA
On July 13, the European Space Agency (ESA) Council approved the accession of Poland to the ESA Convention. The move was a major step forward for... Read more →
Spotlight on India’s Space Program
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), India's space agency, has been receiving global attention in recent days. The agency, whose lead... Read more →
Inflatable Spacecraft Heat Shield Set to Launch
Workers from ILC Dover and NASA Langley inflated and tested the Inflatable Re-Entry Vehicle Experiment (IRVE) (Credits: NASA/Sean... Read more →
Soyuz Docks, Delivers Crew
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 →
Active Shielding: A New Approach to Radiation
Electrostatic Active Space Radiation Shielding would redirect incoming energetic particles so as to avoid the spacecraft altogether (Credits:... Read more →