Space Exploration
Record-Setting Freefall Attempt Will be Webcast
Want to know what it is like to bail out in near space and freefall 37 km (23 miles) to…
Michael Laine Will Answer Your Questions on Space Elevators
[/caption] After our recent article featuring the concept of a lunar elevator, many of you posted questions about both lunar…
Red Bull Stratos Update: Breaking the Speed of Sound in Freefall
[/caption] Here's an update on the Red Bull Stratos project, where skydiver Felix Baumgartner will attempt to break the speed…
Spacecraft to Make Final Flyby of Earth
[/caption] The re-purposed Deep Impact spacecraft will make one final flyby of Earth on Sunday June 27, 2010, getting a…
Video Tour of the Mars500 Habitat
Mars500 participant Diego Urbina (follow him on Twitter at @diegou) provides a tour inside the Mars500 facilities - see how…
Separation Camera Takes Full Images and ‘Movie’ of IKAROS Solar Sail
[/caption] Two small "separation cameras" were ejected from JAXA's (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) IKAROS solar sail, which successfully took some…
100th Launch to the International Space Station
The Soyuz TMA-19 vehicle blasted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan today to bring three new crew members to the…
Unusual Views of the Soyuz Rocket
[/caption] Two NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut will launch to the International Space Station later today, and astronauts Douglas…
Hayabusa Returns!
Japan's little spacecraft that could returned to Earth, putting on quite a show over the Australian outback, making a fiery…
Needed: Plutonium-238
[/caption] Sometimes people ask what they, as a regular citizen can do to help NASA. Emily Lakdawalla at the Planetary…