Participate in Worldwide Space Station Wave Campaign

  Wave to  the  U. S.,  European and Russian astronauts living and working aboard the International Space Station this week through a global campaign organized by www.isswave.org. The web site offers five different ways to find out when and where to look in the...

(Update) New Venus Arrival! Japan’s AKATSUKI Orbiter

Japan is initiating a hoped for start of a new era in Venusian exploration with the orbit insertion around the veiled planet on December 7 of its AKATSUKI spacecraft. However, the exact whereabouts of the orbiter is not known due to loss of contact with the craft by...

Space Station to Achieve 10 Years of Continuous Human Presence on Nov. 2

Tuesday will mark an historic milestone, as the United States, Russia, the European Space Agency, Japan and Canada celebrate the 10th anniversary of a continuous human presence aboard the NASA-led International Space Station. Does a decade with at least two humans and...

Handicaps for Space Agencies and Industry Flagged

PRAGUE, Czech Republic – Political, institutional or industrial uncertainties are a real handicap for space agencies as well as for industry. That’s a take home message from a plenary meeting dedicated to the impact of governments’ space policy changes on industry –...