NASA Completes Successful Robotic Refueling Mission
Dextre on the end of Canadarm2 on Day 2 of the RRM mission (Credits: NASA). NASA’s Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) completed successfully its... Read more →
Stranded Russian Satellite to be Deorbited
In August 2011, a Russian telecommunication satellite, Express-AM4, was placed in a useless orbit following failure of the Breeze-M upper... Read more →
Safety Requirements Shape Commercial Crew Designs
Conception of a crewed commercial spacecraft (Credits: NASA). Source: Rebecca Regan for NASA NASA's plans for a new generation of commercially... Read more →
The Value of Tests
On March 13, NASA recorded a hover test of Morpheus, a lander testbed used for assessing technologies that could be used in lunar, asteroidal, or... Read more →
Felix Baumgartner Performs 21,817 Meter Parachute Jump
Felix Baumgartner right before his successful test jump (Credits: Red Bull Stratos). Source: Digital News Agency THURSDAY 15th MARCH 2012 –... Read more →
Black Hat 2012 and Space Cybersecurity
The main floor at Black Hat 2012 (Credits: Rachel C. Samples). Leading corporations, government agencies, and the underground hacking community... Read more →