Cyber Security

New Hacking Group Targets NASA

By Rachel C. Samples on May 23, 2012

A new hacker group claims to be trying to help organizations like NASa improve their cybersecurity (Credits: The Hackers News). On May 1, NASA... Read more →

Space in Everyday Life

Astronaut Don Pettit Recreates the Stargate Sequence From 2001

By Staff Writers on May 23, 2012

The blog onorbit.com noticed a nice parallel between Don Pettit's last photo-shoots and the famous "Stargate Sequence" of Stanley Kubrick's... Read more →

Rendezvous and Docking

SpaceX Launch Changes Paradigm of Space Flight

By Michael J. Listner on May 22, 2012

A rendition of the Dragon capsule preparing to dock with ISS (Credits: SpaceX). The successful launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and its... Read more →

News

Dragon is in Orbit!

By Merryl Azriel on May 22, 2012

SpaceX's Falcon 9 successfully made its third launch into space, carrying the Dragon capsule. All systems performed norminally, with the Dragon... Read more →

Press Releases1

Longest Running Space Experiment Zaps Bacteria on Earth

By Staff Writers on May 22, 2012

MicroPlaSter beta version of the atmospheric plasma device for chronic wound treatment (Credits: Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial... Read more →

Media1

A Close-up View of the Solar Eclipse

By Staff Writers on May 22, 2012

The annular eclipse that was enjoyed across southeast Asia and the western United States on May 20 was captured in close-up by the JAXA-led Hinode... Read more →