Kessler Syndrome

A Primer on the Legal Issues Surrounding Space Debris Remediation, Part 1

By Michael J. Listner on July 6, 2012

The debris surrounding Earth poses legal as well as physical challenges (Credits: Roger Harris/Science Photo Library). Space debris is considered... Read more →

Rocket Design

Most Powerful Hydrogen Rocket Ever Launched

By Stavros Georgakas on July 5, 2012

The Delta IV Heavy rocket, boosted by the new RS-68A rocket engine, had its successful maiden flight on Friday, June 29 at 9:15 EST, from Cape... Read more →

News

Solar Ultraviolet Magnetograph Investigation to Launch July 5th

By Staff Writers on July 5, 2012

Hinode, a collaborative mission of the space agencies of Japan, the United States, United Kingdom and Europe, captured these very pictures of the... Read more →

Media

X-point Portals Connect Earth to Sun

By Merryl Azriel on July 5, 2012

A magnetic portal as capture by the Polar spacecraft (Credits: NASA). Physicist Jack Scudder of the University of Iowa has discovered portals in... Read more →

Media

Wildfires Seen from Space

By Staff Writers on July 4, 2012

This footage of wildfires across the western United States was captured from ISS in late June. Colorado has been particularly hard hit in recent... Read more →

Asteroids and Comets1

Diversion Techniques for Potentially Hazardous Asteroids

By Joe Pelton on July 4, 2012

Diagram showing a typical Near Earth Asteroid in blue and a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid in red (Credits: NASA). This is the third and final... Read more →