Successful Test Flight of Armadillo Aerospace STIG-A Rocket
On December 4th, Armadillo Aerospace conducted a successful launch of its reusable STIG-A suborbital rocket from Spaceport America, reaching an... Read more →
Proposed Law to Limit Liability of Commercial Space Flight Firms
An artist's impression of the interior of Spaceport America (Credits: Spaceport America). Legislators in New Mexico, United States are... Read more →
Video Captures First J-2X Combustion Stability Test
NASA conducted a key stability test firing of the J-2X rocket engine on December 1, marking another step forward in development of the upper-stage... Read more →
ESA Abandons Efforts to Contact Phobos-Grunt
Following days without success in reestablishing contact with the ailing Phobos-Grunt, now in an uncontrolled decaying orbit, ESA announced on... Read more →
The Continuing Uncertainty of Phobos-Grunt
U.S. and Canadian forces, during cleanup of the Cosmos 954 radioactive debris (Source: Royal Canadian Air Force). It has been a month since... Read more →
ISS Experiment Finds Osteoporosis Drugs Counteract Bone Loss
Experiments jointly conducted by NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on the International Space Station (ISS) have confirmed that... Read more →