Tagged: NASA

News

NASA Approves Next Falcon 9 Mission Following October Anomaly

By Matteo Emanuelli on January 22, 2013

Falcon 9 rocket's engines. Although 1 engine failed during the launc on October 7, the... Read more →

Asteroids and Comets

Spacecraft Duo to Deflect Asteroid

By Siddharth Raval on January 22, 2013

Artist’s concept of the US-European Asteroid Impact and Deflection mission (Credits:... Read more →

Remnants of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, stored in the RLV hangar at Kennedy Space Center (Credits: NASA).

The Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster1

Organizational Factors of the Columbia Disaster

By Merryl Azriel on January 20, 2013

Fragments of the Columbia orbiter, stored in the RLV Hangar at Kennedy Space Center... Read more →

Commercial Spaceflight

Are You Healthy Enough for Commercial Spaceflight?

By Tereza Pultarova on January 20, 2013

None of the private space companies planning to offer commercial human space flight... Read more →

Media

Mona Lisa Tests Laser Communications

By Staff Writers on January 18, 2013

Lasers hold potential for any number of yet-to-be-developed space applications. Some... Read more →

Spacecraft Design

Dreamliner Battery Woes Have ISS Implications

By Merryl Azriel on January 18, 2013

All Nippon Airways flight 692 in Takamatsu after smoke in the cockpit forced an... Read more →