Ian O'Neill
CERN Aims for LHC Restart in September, First Collisions in October
[/caption]It may seem that the delay is getting longer and longer for the restart of the LHC after the catastrophic…
More Faults Found in LHC, But No Further Delay to Start-up
[/caption]In September 2008, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) suffered a catastrophic quench, triggered by a faulty connection in the electronics…
Russia Wants to Build New Space Station, Extend Life of ISS to 2020
[/caption] The Russian space agency (Roscosmos) has announced that it will lobby Moscow with a proposal that would see the…
Ares I-X 2009 Test Flight Progress: Pyrotechnic Stage Separation
[/caption] The successful test of NASA's Ares I-X Forward Skirt Extension on Thursday represents a "major milestone" in the development…
Strange Asteroid 2009 BD Stalks the Earth
[/caption]A 10 meter-wide asteroid named 2009 BD discovered earlier this month is making a slow pass of the Earth, coming…
Top Secret: What Did That Delta IV Heavy Take into Space?
[/caption]On Saturday, very little was known about the mammoth payload a Delta IV Heavy was carrying into space. Launching from…
The Inauguration of President Barack Obama from Space
[/caption] Travelling at 17,000 mph at an altitude of 423 miles, the 4,300 lb GeoEye-1 snapped a very high resolution…
Russia Proposes Mission to Search for Evidence of Astroengineering
[/caption]It is probably the most seductive urge for mankind: search for extraterrestrial life. There are many ways to look for…
“Google Satellite” Will Have an Orbital View Over Obama’s Inauguration
[/caption] President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration on Capitol Hill will be the place-to-be on Tuesday (January 20th). According to some news…
Naming Pluto (Review)
[/caption]Naming Pluto explores the chain of events that lead to Pluto's naming and in 2007 sees Venetia Phair viewing Pluto…