Commercial Spaceflight Companies Take Different Approaches to Seat Egress Safety
An artist's rendition of passengers free floating in SpaceShip Two (Credits: Virgin Galactic). Commercial Spaceflight operators such as Virgin... Read more →
Photograph Captures ISS Crossing the Moon
On January 4, the ISS was seen transitting the moon as observed from the Houston area in the United States. Several photographs were captured,... Read more →
Powerful Magnets Provide Inexpensive Microgravity Analog
It seems ISS has a powerful and cheaper rival when it comes to attracting biological research. Scientists from University of Nottingham are using... Read more →
US Pu-238 Production Remains Unfunded
Technicians handle the Mars Science Laboratory's RTG at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (Credits: NASA/Kim... Read more →
The Phobos-Grunt Watch: Predicting Reentry
Artist's rendition of Phobos-Grunt's reentry, predicted for January 15, 2012 (Credits:Michale Carroll). The Russian Mars moon probe Phobos-Grunt,... Read more →
Orion capsule Passes Final Drop Test
Source: NASA After six months of testing, an 18,000 pound (8,165 kg) Orion mockup took its final splash into NASA Langley Research Center's... Read more →