Dragon Capsule in Los Angeles
On June 5, the barge carrying the returned SpaceX Dragon capsule arrived in the port of Los Angeles, California, where the capsule was lifted off.... Read more →
Rare Venus Transit Transfixes Globe
A rare Venus transit took place June 5-6. The planet can next be seen to cross the Sun from the Earth's perspective in 2117. The transit was... Read more →
Flying Near the Edge of Space for 57 Years
The U-2 in flight, where it prefers to be (Credits: USAF/Getty Images). The enigmatic US Air Force space plane X-37B, widely considered to be a... Read more →
Former Spy Satellites Transferred to NASA
The Hubble space telescope as seen from the departing Shuttle Atlantis servicing mission (Credits: NASA). The National Reconnaissance Office has... Read more →
Shuttles on the Move
On June 3, two Space Shuttles were on the move. The Enterprise flight model took to the seas on a barge in an attempt to reach its new home, the New... Read more →
ESTEC-based editor oversees magazine aiming to make space safer
Space Safety Magazine Issue 3 Source: ESA By day Andrea Gini is part of ESTEC’s TEC-QI team, assessing the safety of payloads due to fly to... Read more →