Micrometeoroid Hit ISS Cupola
On June 10, ISS crew spotted a micrometeoroid impact on Cupola Window 2. The window was immediately shuttered and damage appears to be... Read more →
Perpetual Twilight from ISS
The International Space Station is in a state of continuous twilight at the moment - the sun never quite rising or setting. Astronaut Don Pettit sent... Read more →
NuSTAR to Drop from Plane and Rocket into Space
Source: NASA NASA's NuSTAR mission is scheduled to launch from Kwajalein Atoll in the central Pacific Ocean on June 13, no earlier than 8:30... Read more →
Expert Launch Cancelled after Russia Withdraws from Project
The European Experimental Reentry Test Bed may never be deployed following the cancellation of its inaugural launch aboard a Russian missile.... Read more →
Producing Solar Space Killers: Gamma Rays
Gamma rays supply the most hazardous radiation to which crew and satellites in are exposed in space. Gamma rays come from every direction in what... Read more →
Mars Science Lab Curiosity: Changes on the Go
NASA's massive nuclear powered Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity launched on November 26, 2011 and will not land until August 5, 2012. But even... Read more →