Spacecraft
Successful Phoenix Mars landing restores confidence in NASA
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Plagued by previous Mars failures and exploding space shuttles, the successful landing of the Phoenix Mars Lander today has gone a long way to restoring some much needed faith in the world’s foremost space exploration organisation: NASA.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Plagued by previous Mars failures and exploding space shuttles, the successful landing of the Phoenix Mars Lander today has gone a long way to restoring some much needed faith in the world’s foremost space exploration organisation: NASA.
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Seven minutes of terror as Phoenix Mars spacecraft attempts historic landing
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
With less than 15 hours to go before the Phoenix Mars Lander is set to undergo “seven minutes of terror” as it tries to successfully land on Mars’ icy north pole. The world awaits the latest successful “invasion of Mars” – or word of a new crater.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
With less than 15 hours to go before the Phoenix Mars Lander is set to undergo “seven minutes of terror” as it tries to successfully land on Mars’ icy north pole. The world awaits the latest successful “invasion of Mars” – or word of a new crater.
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Faulty bolts could take Soyuz into another ballistic re-entry
By: William Atkins
The Soyuz spacecraft—TMA-12—currently docked to the International Space Station contains the same type of bolts that supposedly made the last two Soyuz flights—TMA-10 and TMA-11— re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere in a ballistic trajectory.
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By: William Atkins
The Soyuz spacecraft—TMA-12—currently docked to the International Space Station contains the same type of bolts that supposedly made the last two Soyuz flights—TMA-10 and TMA-11— re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere in a ballistic trajectory.
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Pioneer Anomaly partially explained with heat
By: William Atkins
The Pioneer Anomaly is a mystery involving the NASA Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft. Launched in 1972-73, they have traveled hundreds of millions of kilometers to explore the outer solar system and, soon, interstellar space. However, their speed is wrong, at least according to our generally accepted laws of physics.
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By: William Atkins
The Pioneer Anomaly is a mystery involving the NASA Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft. Launched in 1972-73, they have traveled hundreds of millions of kilometers to explore the outer solar system and, soon, interstellar space. However, their speed is wrong, at least according to our generally accepted laws of physics.
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“Nines” have it for Nanosatellite space race: The N-prize
By: William Atkins
English biologist Paul H. Dear has proposed The N-prize, a race to put the first Nanosatellite in orbit for a cost of only 999.99 pounds (about US$2,000). Your first place prize is 9,999.99 pounds (about US$20,000).
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By: William Atkins
English biologist Paul H. Dear has proposed The N-prize, a race to put the first Nanosatellite in orbit for a cost of only 999.99 pounds (about US$2,000). Your first place prize is 9,999.99 pounds (about US$20,000).
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Maybe you can't go to the Moon. But, your Name can!
By: William Atkins
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is inviting everyone around the world to join in its ‘first step back to the Moon’ with its "Send Your Name to the Moon" project as part of its LRO spacecraft mission.
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By: William Atkins
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is inviting everyone around the world to join in its ‘first step back to the Moon’ with its "Send Your Name to the Moon" project as part of its LRO spacecraft mission.
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Jules Verne spacecraft takes ISS up, up, and away
By: William Atkins
On April 25, 2008, the European Space Agency announced that earlier in the day its first automated transfer vehicle (ATV), the "Jules Verne," increased the altitude of the International Space Station by about 2.8 miles (4.5 kilometers)—the first time an ESA craft had performed such an important task.
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By: William Atkins
On April 25, 2008, the European Space Agency announced that earlier in the day its first automated transfer vehicle (ATV), the "Jules Verne," increased the altitude of the International Space Station by about 2.8 miles (4.5 kilometers)—the first time an ESA craft had performed such an important task.
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NASA Ames and M2MI team up for nanosatellites
By: William Atkins
NASA’s Ames Research Center announces that it will be developing tiny space-based satellites with M2MI Corporation for fifth-generation telecommunications and networking systems for the Internet.
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By: William Atkins
NASA’s Ames Research Center announces that it will be developing tiny space-based satellites with M2MI Corporation for fifth-generation telecommunications and networking systems for the Internet.
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Danish physicists find solar flares produce starquakes
By: William Atkins
The scientists used the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) to find oscillations in the outermost one-fourth of the Sun’s interior, which are called starquakes, as the result of the explosions of large solar flares.
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By: William Atkins
The scientists used the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) to find oscillations in the outermost one-fourth of the Sun’s interior, which are called starquakes, as the result of the explosions of large solar flares.
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46 years ago: First U.S. spacecraft, Ranger 4, impacts Moon
By: William Atkins
On April 23, 1962, Ranger 4 was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Three days later, it became the first U.S. satellite to reach the Moon’s surface—when it crashed into the body.
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By: William Atkins
On April 23, 1962, Ranger 4 was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Three days later, it became the first U.S. satellite to reach the Moon’s surface—when it crashed into the body.
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Space Junk: Maybe we need Andy Griffith’s Salvage 1?
By: William Atkins
On late-1970s U.S. television, Harry Broderick (Andy Griffith) ran a space salvage operation (Salvage-1), in which he and partners used a spaceship made from junk to reclaim NASA Apollo debris left on the Moon and junk satellites in orbit about the Earth. Maybe we need an Andy Griffith-type Salvage-1 operation to clean up space around the Earth?
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By: William Atkins
On late-1970s U.S. television, Harry Broderick (Andy Griffith) ran a space salvage operation (Salvage-1), in which he and partners used a spaceship made from junk to reclaim NASA Apollo debris left on the Moon and junk satellites in orbit about the Earth. Maybe we need an Andy Griffith-type Salvage-1 operation to clean up space around the Earth?
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NASA probe shoots 3D images of potato-shaped moon Phobos
By: William Atkins
The NASA spacecraft Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has taken stunning false-color, three-dimensional images of the small, irregularly shaped Mars’ moon Phobos using its HiRISE (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) camera.
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By: William Atkins
The NASA spacecraft Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has taken stunning false-color, three-dimensional images of the small, irregularly shaped Mars’ moon Phobos using its HiRISE (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) camera.
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Russian Soyuz TMA-12 launches first South Korean astronaut
By: William Atkins
Yi So-yeon, the first astronaut for South Korea, was launched successfully into space on Tuesday, April 8, 2008, at 5:16 p.m. local time (1116 GMT) from launch pad LC 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan (central Asia).
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By: William Atkins
Yi So-yeon, the first astronaut for South Korea, was launched successfully into space on Tuesday, April 8, 2008, at 5:16 p.m. local time (1116 GMT) from launch pad LC 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan (central Asia).
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ISS Expedition 17 mission to launch 2 Russians and 1 S. Korean
By: William Atkins
A Russian Soyuz FG launch vehicle will be sending up into space two Expedition 17 crewmembers and a South Korean spaceflight participant on April 8, 2008, aboard a Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft.
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By: William Atkins
A Russian Soyuz FG launch vehicle will be sending up into space two Expedition 17 crewmembers and a South Korean spaceflight participant on April 8, 2008, aboard a Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft.
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Jules Verne demo two successful
By: Stephen Withers
The second test approach of the Jules Verne ATV to the International Space Station has been hailed as "impressive".
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By: Stephen Withers
The second test approach of the Jules Verne ATV to the International Space Station has been hailed as "impressive".
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Jules Verne passes Demo Day One
By: Stephen Withers
The ESA's automated transfer vehicle passed its first major test when Jules Verne successfully navigated to a point 3.5km behind the International Space Station.
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By: Stephen Withers
The ESA's automated transfer vehicle passed its first major test when Jules Verne successfully navigated to a point 3.5km behind the International Space Station.
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Luna 10: forty-two years ago, first lunar orbiter
By: William Atkins
On March 31, 1966, Luna 10 was launched from the Soviet Baikonur Cosmodrome to the Moon at 10:48:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and, on April 3, 1966, it entered the Moon’s orbit at 18:44 UTC. It became the first human-built craft to orbit another celestial body.
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By: William Atkins
On March 31, 1966, Luna 10 was launched from the Soviet Baikonur Cosmodrome to the Moon at 10:48:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and, on April 3, 1966, it entered the Moon’s orbit at 18:44 UTC. It became the first human-built craft to orbit another celestial body.
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Delayed slightly by weather, Endeavour lands safely
By: Stephen Withers
Despite a delay of approximately 90 minutes caused by cloud over Florida, space shuttle Endeavour has landed safely at Kennedy Space Center.
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By: Stephen Withers
Despite a delay of approximately 90 minutes caused by cloud over Florida, space shuttle Endeavour has landed safely at Kennedy Space Center.
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