Goodbye Envisat, or legal issues associated with the threat of a massive space debris
This scale model of Envisat shows the relative size of the craft that now poses a threat to other orbiting satellites (Credits: ESA). An... Read more →
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 →