Extreme Solar Weather Scientists Measure Coronal Loop Plasma Speeds By Maria Fischer on July 11, 2012 A coronal loop captured by the TRACE satellite (Credits: NASA). An international team... Read more →
Space in Everyday Life Celebrating Commercial Space 50 Years After Telstar-1 By Michael J. Listner on July 10, 2012 Telstar 1 assembly at Bell Labs (Credits: Arthur Dennis). July 10, 2012 marks the... Read more →
International Space Station1 Getting the Most Out of ISS By Merryl Azriel on July 3, 2012 Astronaut Don Pettit, who returned from 6 months aboard ISS on July 1, prepares a... Read more →
News Former Astronaut Alan “Dex” Poindexter Dead in Jet Ski Accident at 50 By Merryl Azriel on July 3, 2012 Commander Alan Poindexter (center) prepares to board Discovery for a countdown practice... Read more →
Debris Remediation Sweeping Away Space Debris With Dust By Stavros Georgakas on July 1, 2012 Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) are looking into an innovative... Read more →
Asteroids and Comets1 Potentially Hazardous Asteroids Nearer Term Risk By Joe Pelton on June 29, 2012 The Chicxilub crater that is thought to be the impact site for the asteroid that killed... Read more →