Spacecraft Design

NASA and ESA to Test Laser Communication

By Pedro Vaz Teixeira on June 26, 2012

A green laser aims for the moon in an optical test (Credits: ESA). NASA and ESA are scheduled to test a laser communication link from a NASA... Read more →

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NASA Engineers Anticipating “Seven Minutes of Terror” During Curiosity Landing

By Staff Writers on June 25, 2012

The massive, nuclear powered Mars Science Lander is due to land Curiosity on the Martian surface on August 5. In the intervening months since MSL's... Read more →

Asteroids and Comets

Making Public Aware of Potentially Dangerous Asteroids

By Joe Pelton on June 25, 2012

Joseph N. Pelton, President, International Space Safety Foundation and Chair, IAASS Academic Committee, is addressing the issues relating to... Read more →

News

Shenzhou-9 Manual Docking a “Complete Success”

By Merryl Azriel on June 25, 2012

Shenzhou-9 pulling away from Tiangong-1 in preparation for the manual docking (Credits: Xinhua/Zha Chunming). On June 24, six days after... Read more →

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Colorado Firefighting Efforts Interrupted By Falling Meteor

By Merryl Azriel on June 22, 2012

A plane drops flame retardant in wildfire containment efforts in Colorado (Credits: Joe Amon/Denver Post). Firefighting efforts to contain the... Read more →

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Growing Trend Towards Accessible Space

By Pedro Vaz Teixeira on June 22, 2012

Image from the Qu8k rocket. black squiggle down the middle is molten polymer residue from the camera shield that melted from the intense heat of... Read more →