CASIS Inducts First Permanent Board Members
CASIS, the Center for Advancement of Science in Space, the organization which operates the US National Laboratory aboard the International Space Station announced the names of its first permanent...
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ISS Expedition 33 Lands Safely in Kazakhstan
It Came from Space : Soyuz that isCredit NASA At 7:56 PM CST, 7:56 AM Local time on Nov 19th, the Soyuz Capsule containing ISS Expedition Crew members Yuri Malechenko, Sunita Williams and Akihiko...
View ArticleLaunch Updates: NARO 11/29 ; Antares Next Year
After a replacement fueling block from Russia arrived by air on Saturday, the Korean Aerospace Research Institute has set Nov. 29th as the new tentative launch date for its NARO rocket. If all goes...
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Clarification of SpaceX CRS-1 “glitch” Article
CRS-1Credit SpaceX A previous version of this article contained erroneous information on several accounts. The corrections, which are significant, are illustrative of the unique approach SpaceX is...
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NARO Launch Set for Thursday
Source: Chosun Media The next launch attempt for South Korea’s NARO / KSLV-3 launch vehicle has been set for 4:00 PM local time, on Thursday, November 29th. The launch window lasts through December...
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Musk, Mars and Methane
“Its Gonna Be Methane”Credit NASA / Hubble In a lecture delivered to the Royal Aeronautical Society on November 16, SpaceX Founder Elon Musk revealed a few more details about the company’s next engine...
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Consolidating the Russian Space Industry
Proton RolloutCredit Anatoly Zak/ Russian Space Web Source: RIANOVSTI It would perhaps be more than a little overreach to describe the state of the Russian space industry as a “train wreck,” but news...
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So Many Seas to Sail
Credit NASA NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, working with the European Space agency’s Herschel Space Observatory has announced the discovery of large concentrations of comets in two solar systems...
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NARO Launched Scrubbed Again
NARO-3 Source: Yonhap News Agency South Korea’s ongoing attempt to join the group of space-faring nations has been put on hold yet again. The launch of the two stage KSLV-3 / NARO rocket, which had...
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A Planet of Fire and (Ice?)
Radar Image of Suspected Water Ice on MercuryCredit: National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center At first glance, the solar system’s innermost planet generally conjures up images of a blistering hot,...
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