Iran Reports Launching Satellite
Iran reported yesterday that it launched its Navid satellite into orbit. The U.S. Strategic Command’s SpaceTrack website does not list the satellite yet, but Iran’s FARS news agency stated that …
NRC Says Yes to NASA Participation in ESA's Euclid Mission
The National Research Council (NRC) issued its report today on whether NASA should make a modest hardware contribution to Europe’s Euclid dark energy mission valued at about $20 million in exchange …
NASA Media Teleconference Today on Changes to ISS Launch Schedule
NASA will hold a media teleconference at 2:00 pm Central Time (3:00 pm ET) this afternoon to discuss changes to the International Space Station (ISS) schedule. NASA says the teleconference at …
Suffredini: Space Station Launch Delays Will Have Little Impact on Overall Operations-Correction
Correction: An earlier verison of this posting misspelled Mr. Suffredini’s name as Sufferdini. NASA International Space Station (ISS) program manager Mike Suffredini said today that although the launch of the …
NRC Prioritizes 16 Technologies for NASA Development, Calls Again for Pu-238 Restart
The National Research Council (NRC) released the final report from its committee that has been reviewing NASA’s technology roadmaps for the past year. The roadmaps were developed by NASA’s Office …
Phobos-Grunt Failure: Cosmic Rays or Counterfeit Chips?
The Russian media have been reporting today on their interpretation of the results of the investigation into the failure of the Phobos-Grunt (Phobos-soil) mission. Itar-Tass, the official news service of …
Russian Officials Confirm Delay in Next ISS Crew Launch
Russian space officials confirmed today that the next launch of a Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) will be delayed until the end of April or mid-May. The delay …
NRC Lukewarm About NASA's Proposed Space Radiation Cancer Risk Model
The National Research Council (NRC) issued a report today evaluating changes NASA is proposing to make on how it estimates the risk that astronauts could develop cancer because of exposure …
Zak: Phobos-Grunt Doomed by Computer Design, Testing Flaws, Not U.S. Radar
The Russian commission investigating the failure of the Phobos-Grunt (Phobos-soil) Mars mission concluded that computer design error and insufficient testing were the reasons the probe never left Earth orbit, not interference …
More Russian Space Woes Likely to Delay Next ISS Crew Launch, Commercial Proton Launches
Problems in Russia’s aerospace sector are still hampering its space program on which the United States and global commercial satellite companies increasingly rely. The next Soyuz spacecraft slated to launch a crew …