Mars Science Lab Begins Radiation Assessment
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity, which launched on November 26 and is now en route to Mars, has begun taking measurements with RAD. RAD... Read more →
The Lost Phobos Grunt: An Overview
Artist's rendition of the Phobos-Grunt spacecraft, now in decaying Earth orbit. (Credits: stuff.co.nz) With the December 10 declaration by a... Read more →
Space Weather Forecasting Advances Prepare for Solar Maximum Events
Large aurora created by a CME in 1989 (Credits: NASA). A new sunspot identification method has drastically improved scientists’ ability to... Read more →
Infographic: 2013 Solar Storms Pose Threat to Earth Assets
The Sun's activity level - including solar storms, coronal mass ejections, and solar flares - is expected to hit a cyclical peak in 2013. These... Read more →
Legendary Russian Rocket Designer Deceased at 99
Boris Chertok, a Russian rocket engineer who played a pivotal role in designing navigation and control systems for the Soviet space program,... Read more →
NASA Simulating Asteroid Mission in Arizona
Source: NASA For three days this week, a small part of NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston will simulate a human mission to an... Read more →