The hot gas in Phoenix is giving off copious amounts of X-rays and cooling quickly over time, especially near the center of the cluster, causing gas to flow inwards and […]
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This image was captured by ESA and NASA’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) on July 22, 2012 at 10:48 PM EDT. On the right side, a cloud of solar material […]
NASA Nails Mars Science Lab Landing
PASADENA, Calif. — NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory nailed a risky, high-stakes descent and landing into an ancient martian crater Aug. 6, setting the stage for an ambitious, two-year mission to look for habitats that may have been suitable for life.
Science Democrats Examine Suborbital Space Industry’s Request for “Learning Period” before Federal Safety Rules Are Imposed
(Washington, DC) – Yesterday, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology’s Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics held a hearing entitled, “The Commercial Suborbital Reusable Launch Vehicle Market.” The hearing […]
Planetfest 2012 August 4- 5, Pasadena, CA
2-Day Event in Pasadena, Calif. and Around the World to Celebrate the Landing of NASA’s Rover Curiosity on Mars Pasadena, CA (July 30, 2012) – On August 4 and 5, […]
FAA Commercial Space Office Navigates Legal Maze To Start Safety Dialog
WASHINGTON — When suborbital adventure line Virgin Galactic launches the world’s first commercial passenger-carrying spaceflight service next year, the U.S. government will still be barred from policing most of the company’s activities. But federal safety officials here, eager to learn more about the private space companies they will soon regulate, have decided to open talks with industry in August.
NASA Completes Another Successful Orion Parachute Test (with video)
NASA completed another successful test Wednesday of the Orion crew vehicle’s parachutes high above the Arizona desert in preparation for the spacecraft’s orbital flight test in 2014. Orion will carry […]
TXA Brings Together Texas Governor and Private Space Leaders
Groundbreaking meeting brings Texas closer to becoming Gateway to the Stars! AUSTIN, TX, JULY 18, 2012 – The Texas Space Alliance (TXA) and the office of the Speaker of the […]
NASA Selects 14 Technologies for Development, Suborbital Flight Demonstration
NASA’s Space Technology Program has picked 14 technologies for development and eventual flight demonstration aboard commercial reusable suborbital launch vehicles, the agency announced July 2.
A U.S. Department of Space?
A few weeks ago the hatch opened into the interior of the Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) Dragon capsule, and crew members from the international space station (ISS) unloaded cargo from the first private spacecraft docked at station. The crew noted that upon entering Dragon, it smelled like the interior of a new car. I don’t recall any such comment when logistics crafts built and serviced by multinational and defense corporations of other ISS partner nations docked with station for the first time.