Countdown
An inspirational video from artist Celinee Desrumaux, celebrating human space exploration. My references are various, from Chris Ware for his... Read more →
Latest Tumbling Satellite Fails to Warrant Space Intercept
A Elaine M. Grossman article on spacemart.com addresses the scenario of a controlled destruction of UARS satellite using a military missile,... Read more →
Russia To Resume Soyuz Launches On October 1st
A Soyuz-2.1B rocket carrying a Glonass-M navigation satellite is scheduled to lift off from Plesetsk space center on October 1, 2011. The... Read more →
Dragon Capsule Docking Still in Question
Artist's conception of SpaceX Dragon capsule berthing to the ISS (Credits: SpaceX). According to Ria/Novosti, the Russian space agency Roscosmos... Read more →
Decommissioned ERS-2 Will Reenter Uncontrolled in 15 Years
The ERS-2 remote sensing satellite has been successfully decommissioned at the end of a 16 years long mission on September 5, 2011. The... Read more →
Update: Soyuz TMA-21 Lost Radio Contact Upon Reentry
According to Associated Press, the Russian Soyuz capsule TMA-21, which landed on Friday September 16 in Kazakhstan carrying two cosmonauts and... Read more →