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SpaceX Resets CRS-6 Space Station Launch to April 13 with Booster Landing Attempt
The clock is ticking towards the next launch of a SpaceX cargo vessel to the International Space Station (ISS) hauling…
Weekly Space Hangout – April 3, 2015: Lunar Eclipses & Asteroid Chunks!
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @MorganRehnberg ) Dave Dickinson (@astroguyz / www.astroguyz.com) (more…)
Hangout with New Horizons on April 3, 2015
Are you excited about the upcoming NASA New Horizons flyby to Pluto? Even though the flyby will happen on July…
Planetary Society: We Can Afford to Orbit Humans at Mars by 2033
Start your clocks. If the Planetary Society gets its wish, humans will be lifting off for the Red Planet eighteen years…
The Orion’s Heat Shield Gets a Scorching on Re-entry
Yes, she's a little worse for wear, isn't she? But then again, that's what atmospheric re-entry and 2200 °Celsius (4000 °Fahrenheit)…
Adventures in Satspotting: Why Are Different Orbits Needed for Satellites?
Congratulations: perhaps you’re a new space-faring nation, looking to place a shiny new payload around the planet Earth. You’ve assembled…
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OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sampler Enters Final Assembly
OSIRIS-Rex, NASA’s first ever spacecraft designed to collect and retrieve pristine samples of an asteroid for return to Earth has…
A Red Moon – NOT a Sign of the Apocalypse!
On most evenings, the Moon will appear as a bright yellow or white color in the night sky. But on…
Gallery: Behind the Scenes Images of the Final Hubble Servicing Mission
Photographer Michael Soluri was granted unprecedented access to document the people and events behind the final Hubble Space Telescope Servicing…
Book Review: “Infinite Worlds: People & Places of Space Exploration” by Michael Soluri
On April 24, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched from Kennedy Space Center into low Earth orbit. Hubble was…