Spacecraft Design

MicroThrust Ion Engine Could Place Cubesats in Lunar Orbit

By Joel Spark on April 13, 2012

Shea demonstrates the Microthrust prototype mounted in a standard 1U Cubesat frame (Credits: EPFL News). The Ecole Polytechnique Federale de... Read more →

News

North Korean Launch Fails Amidst International Uproar

By Merryl Azriel on April 13, 2012

The highly scrutinized North Korean rocket launch of Unha-3 failed on April 12 when the first stage failed to separate. Debris from the launch... Read more →

Space Food

For Better Taste in Space: Student Research Backed by NASA

By Tereza Pultarova on April 13, 2012

For several reasons eating in space is not an experience for gourmets. Recent research conducted by four high school students from North Carolina... Read more →

Astronauts and Cosmonauts

Celebrating the First Man in Space

By Merryl Azriel on April 12, 2012

The Huntsville Times reported on Yuri Gagarin's historic flight (Credits: NASA). On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space.... Read more →

Press Releases

NASA Readies “Big Cheer” for Dragon Mission

By Staff Writers on April 12, 2012

A view inside the Dragon capsule that will be loacked with 1,200 tons of supplies for ISS (Credits: SpaceX). Source: NASA/Steven Siceloff The... Read more →

News

United Launch Alliance Forms Human Launch Services Unit

By Merryl Azriel on April 12, 2012

On April 9, United Launch Alliance (ULA) announced formation of a new organization focused on supporting NASA's human spaceflight... Read more →