Space Flight
British Engineers Design Hypersonic Passenger Jet
A British engineering company has stepped into the commercial spaceflight arena with an ambitious and inspiring design of a possible…
Memorial Service Honors Columbia Astronauts
Five years ago, family members of the STS-107 space shuttle crew were waiting at the Kennedy Space Center to hear…
50 Years Ago: Explorer 1
The launch of Sputnik in October 1957 changed the world overnight. And with the Soviet Union's second successful launch of…
Scientists Designing “Ion Shield” To Protect Astronauts From Solar Wind
British scientists are working to build an invisible magnetic "Ion Shield" to be used during missions in space. A minature…
Researchers Plan to Launch Paper Airplane from ISS
This is from the "why is anyone spending money on this?" department. Researchers from the University of Tokyo have teamed…
A Possible Answer to Flyby Anomalies
Strange things are happening to our robotic space explorers. Also known as the "Pioneer effect" (the unexpected and sudden alterations to Pioneer…
Most Advanced Ion Engines For 2013 BepiColombo Mission to Mercury
British scientists have been given the green light to begin the development of the most advanced ion engines ever to…
Sea Launch Rocket Success
After a year of silence, Sea Launch Co. is back in business, inserting a telecommunications satellite into orbit on January…
New Mexico Spaceport Design Unveiled
Somebody pinch me, because I still can't believe this is going forward. The world's first commercial spaceport took the next…
Ariane 5 Lofts Two Satellites
Two satellites were carried into space Tuesday evening, atop a massive Ariane 5 rocket, which blasted off from Europe's Spaceport…