So far, so good. The pseudo-payload is in orbit after a thunderous liftoff on pure hydrogen power. Excellent footage all the way to booster separation. The...

I'm confused about the missiles used in the recent GMD test. The various reports in the news have been confused or conflicting... What part of the system is...

I did my Master in Space Studies. While off topic, I'm posting this to warn people. I'm not the only one this has happened to. I'll grant it's the holiday...

International Launch Services is claiming that Atlas has tied the Ariane 4 "record" for consecutive successes. Ignoring the obvious problem with this claim -...

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Latest views from 'Opportunity' on heat shield, over the weekend: http://www.lyle.org/mars/imagery/1P156773067ESF4000P2574L2M1.JPG another...

A recently declassified brochure on the "Town Hall" program is available online. To me it seems like the B-58 would have had a hard time horsing that thing off...

Not deeply informative, but interesting. Possible Navajo ancestor. http://www.up-ship.com/apr/extramil.htm

Galileo's introduction in 2008 is expected to be the motor behind GNSS applications markets worldwide. Galileo will offer satellite positioning services with...

There's been a lot of discussion lately about the push for Pete Worden as NASA Administrator. He's being supported by Senator Brownback and (according to some...

If you were designing a lifeboat for a space station that you don't expect to return to Earth, just keep it passengers alive until help comes. What would you...

Here's one, Christmas at the Hubble... http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/video/shuttle/sts-103/html/fd7.html Merry Christmas, Craig Fink

Latest 'Opportunity' shots headed for the heat shield: View ahead (photo released...

I haven't seen many good photos of the Delta 4 second stage before, but several are now available at ksc.nasa.gov showing processing for the GOES-N...

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For those of you who are interested (and you know who you are, Pat...) I've putting together a multi-part article on the DCS Corp. "Space Cruiser." It's taken...

Dear Friends, Akronos Publishing is pleased to announce the addition to its website of the following featu WHAT IS DARK ENERGY? (What Is, and Is Not,...

I originally wrote: I have in front of me right now, a drawing that Owen left me, of the "Radial Module All-Rigid Space Station" that one of the ...

I found a reference to this in a slashdot article: http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/space/2951406 A good quote from the article: "Bad things are...

So the U.S. Space Initiative plans to get to the moon in 2020, 16 years from now. But, being a NASA program, it will be about 25% late - so make that...