Predicting Hazardous Events in the Van Allen Belts: Where Does the Radiation Go?
Source: NASA Artist concept of the twin Radiation Belt Storm Probes spacecraft, scheduled for launch in August 2012 (Credit: NASA). When... Read more →
Progress M-14M Rocket Photographed From the Ground
UPDATE: Some clear color views of the Soyuz-U rocket 3rd stage, which orbited the Progress M-14M. The rocket will have reentered and decayed in... Read more →
The Enduring Saga of Phobos Grunt
Radar image of the Phobos-Grunt probe in Earth orbit prior to its January15 plunge (Credits: Fraunhofer FHR). Almost three months since the... Read more →
ISS Dodges Chinese ASAT Debris
At 6:50 EST on January 28th, the ISS performed an avoidance maneuver to prevent a collision with a piece of space debris created by the 2007... Read more →
Soyuz Breach May Delay ISS Launch
A report on www.russianspaceweb.com indicates that Roscosmos found a breach in the supposedly air-tight walls of the Soyuz TMA-04M module slated... Read more →
Lego “Astronaut” Reaches For Space
In another DIY success story, two Toronto high schoolers have succeeded in launching a would be lego "astronaut" into the stratosphere on a... Read more →