Missions

Underwater Asteroid Mission Ends Early

[/caption] NASA evacuated its crew of NEEMO underwater “aquanauts” from a deep sea laboratory off the coast of Key Largo,…

13 years ago

Astronaut Scholarship Foundation Raising Funds, Awareness With Autograph Show

[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla – It all started – with seven. The original seven Mercury astronauts that is. They wanted…

13 years ago

Here There Be Dragons: SpaceX’s Spacecraft Arrives at Launch Complex 40

[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla – Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) welcomed a new guest to Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) on…

13 years ago

Bringing Satellites Out Of Retirement – The DARPA Phoenix Program

[/caption] It's the dead zone. Approximately 22,000 miles above the Earth, $300 million worth of retired satellites are simply taking…

13 years ago

GAIA – A Billion Eyes On The Skies

[/caption] Its name is GAIA and it's perhaps the most ambitious project which has ever faced the European Space Agency.…

13 years ago

Book Review: The Apollo Guidance Computer

[/caption] Springer/Praxis has produced a small library’s worth of books about the Apollo Program. A recent offering from the publisher…

13 years ago

SpaceX Completes Crucial Milestone Toward Launching Astronauts

[/caption] Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is now one more step closer to sending astronauts to orbit. The commercial space firm…

13 years ago

Phobos-Grunt and Yinghou-1 Arrive at Baikonur Launch Site to tight Mars Deadline

[/caption] Barely in the nick of time, Russia’s groundbreaking Phobos-Grunt interplanetary spacecraft to Mars finally arrived on Monday (Oct. 17)…

13 years ago

NASA Strengthens Virgin Galactic Ties With New Contract

[/caption] NASA has, on a number of occasions tapped the NewSpace firm Virgin Galactic to help the space agency accomplish…

13 years ago