Spacecraft Astrophotography1

Tselina Spacecraft Close-Up

By Ralf Vandebergh on October 11, 2011

Artist's conception of a Tselina-R satellite (Credit: Yuzhnoye). There is a family of satellites in Earth orbit with a remarkable cross-shape... Read more →

The Russian Launch Failures Of 2010-2014

Roscosmos: Soyuz Failure was an Isolated Problem

By Andrea Gini on October 11, 2011

The Progress M12-M during pre-launch assembly (Source: Roscosmos). According to Roskomos head Vladimir Popovkin, an inspection of the Soyuz... Read more →

News

Japan Quake Was Preceded by Ripples in the Ionosphere

By Andrea Gini on October 11, 2011

According to a research published in the Geophysical Research Letters on September 15, 2011, the devastating earthquake that struck Japan in... Read more →

Rendezvous and Docking2

Can the Shenzhou Dock to the ISS?

By Andrea Gini on October 10, 2011

International Docking System Standard schematics (Souce: http://internationaldockingstandard.com). According to James Oberg, former NASA... Read more →

News2

NASA is Considering Using ATV as Service Module for Orion

By Andrea Gini on October 10, 2011

According to NASA Spaceflight, "Orion managers are becoming more interested in the idea of the European Space Agency (ESA) taking over a role in... Read more →

Space Policy3

Welcome to the First Issue of the Space Safety Magazine

By Staff Writers on October 10, 2011

Tommaso Sgobba, IAASS President. Dear Reader, Welcome to the first issue of the Space Safety Magazine, which is the joint “voice” of the... Read more →