SpaceX Launch Delayed Again
Issues with software controlling the automated spacecraft are responsible for another delay in the awaited premier launch of the Dragon spacecraft.... Read more →
John Glenn to Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
On May 1st, it was announced that John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, will be receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The... Read more →
Austrian Caves Stand In For Mars
In preparation for a future Mars mission, scientists gathered at the end of April in an Austrian cave called Eisriesenwelt or "the world of the ice... Read more →
ISS Research Advances Cancer Treatment
Dr. Morrison with MEPS flight hardware ready to pack for the International Space Station UF-2 mission (Credits: NASA). Source: NASA Humanity is... Read more →
DNA Damage Among Major Threats of a Mars Mission
Crew training for 'Marswalk' at the simulated martian terrain of the Mars500 experiment. (Credits: ESA/IPMB). Russian scientists... Read more →
International Space Station Symposium Begins
The European Space Agency has organized ISS Symposium 2012 to take place in Berlin May 2 through May 4. The symposium, subtitled "Research in space... Read more →