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 →

News

Odyssey Issue Lengthens Curiosity’s Seven Minutes of Terror

By Merryl Azriel on July 17, 2012

In its final phase of descent, Curiosity will be lowered to the ground by a Skycrane hovering above on jetpacks (Credits: NASA). On July 12, the... Read more →

Press Releases

NASA Commercial Partner SpaceX Completes Dragon Design Review

By Staff Writers on July 16, 2012

Rendition of astroanuts aboard SpaceX's Dragon crew capsule (Credits: SpaceX). Source: NASA HAWTHORNE, Calif. -- NASA partner Space... Read more →

Media

Big Bang Theory Gives Lynx Ride to Lucky Fan

By Merryl Azriel on July 16, 2012

"The Big Bang Theory" star Simon Helberg (left), XCOR Chief Test Pilot/former NASA astronaut Rick Searfoss and Mercedes Becerra of Paso Robles,... Read more →

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Expedition 32 Supplement Heads to Station

By Merryl Azriel on July 16, 2012

Expedition 32 crew members at the hatchway of their Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft July 10, 2012 following a final check of the vehicle (Credits:... Read more →

News

Strong Radio Blackout from July 12 Coronal Mass Ejection

By Merryl Azriel on July 13, 2012

The active region 1520 which spit out an X class solar flare July 12, seen from the Solar Dynamic Observatory (Credits: NASA). Although the solar... Read more →