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A Day of Remembrance for NASA’s Fallen

By Merryl Azriel on January 26, 2012

NASA Adminstrator Charles Bolden laid a wreath in a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetry in honor of every astronaut who lost a life aboard Apollo... Read more →

News

Progress Cargo Ship En Route to ISS

By Merryl Azriel on January 26, 2012

On January 26, a Progress M-14M cargo ship successfully launched aboard a Soyuz rocket from Baikonour Cosmodrome. The ship is due to arrive at... Read more →

Reentry, Descent and Landing

Xombie Success Paves the Way for Realistic On-Earth Testing

By Tereza Pultarova on January 26, 2012

Masten rocket during the tethered test flight with the GENIE system (Credits: Draper Laboratory) The Xombie suborbital rocket built by Masten... Read more →

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Solar Storm Update

By Merryl Azriel on January 25, 2012

According to NASA, the coronal mass ejection (CME) that erupted from the sun on January 21 collided with Earth's magnetic field a little after 10... Read more →

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The Dragon’s Year

By Merryl Azriel on January 24, 2012

A prospective view through the Dragon's open hatch (Credits: SpaceX). SpaceX issued a release on January 23 heralding the Year of the Dragon -... Read more →

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Infographic: Solar Storms

By Staff Writers on January 24, 2012

Recent solar flare activity this January has heralded what is forecast to be the most active solar weather year in some time. The infographic below... Read more →