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IEEE Spectrum
August 2005
Anatoly Zak |
Europe to Join Russia in Building Next Space Shuttle Russian space officials confirmed that the European Space Agency will partner with them to build a new reusable orbiter dubbed Kiper. The agreement will give Russia new flexibility as the U.S. and Russia separately plan long-term space efforts.   |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2008
James Oberg |
Internal NASA Documents Give Clues to Scary Soyuz Return Flight Engineers are attempting to reconstruct the 19 April Soyuz descent from the ISS. |
Popular Mechanics
April 2009
Michael Belfiore |
7 International Spacecraft that Could Replace NASA's Shuttle NASA's Orion won't be ready until at least 2015, but the current space shuttle is due to retire next year. Meet the seven international spacecraft from the world's space fleet that could inherit the job of ferrying supplies into space. |
Popular Mechanics
February 1, 2008
Thomas D. Jones |
5 Years Later, 5 Hard Lessons From the Columbia Shuttle Disaster: Resident Astronaut As NASA readies Atlantis for a Feb. 7 launch to the International Space Station, it observes a week packed with painful memories of three spaceflight tragedies: Apollo 1, Challenger and the fifth anniversary of the loss of Columbia. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2008
William Sweet |
Europe Punts on Human Space Exploration Excitement in Europe is high, but spending is low. Leaders still can't decide how aggressively to push for crew launch capabilities or a major Mars mission |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2006
James Oberg |
Stellar Engineer For nearly 40 years, manned spacecraft have relied on Russian engineer Vladimir Syromyatnikov's mechanisms to link up in space safely. |
Popular Mechanics
June 2005
Davin Coburn |
The Future of Flight? Lockheed Martin unveils its proposed space shuttle replacement. |
Popular Mechanics
November 20, 2008
Andrew Moseman |
For 10th Anniversary, 10 Headaches and Near-Mishaps on the International Space Station It's not the fault of any single mishap, but today is the space station's 10th birthday and it's still not fully assembled. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
February 2005
John McHale |
The Moon, Mars and beyond... The Space Shuttle program is due to be replaced by the Crew Exploration Vehicle. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2008
James Oberg |
Copying NASA's Mistakes The Soviet version of the U.S. space shuttle was an engineering marvel but a total waste. |
Wired
December 2004 |
After the X Prize Manned space travel's best hope is the private sector, not NASA. In the open market, entrepreneurs and space hobbyists will do in a decade what NASA couldn't do in 46 years: provide safe, reliable trips to the heavens for the cost of a Caribbean cruise. |
Wired
December 2001
Evan Ratliff |
Blastnost! The once proud Soviet missile fleet has set its sights on the deep-discount launch business... |
Popular Mechanics
April 2003
Paul Eisenstein |
Biggest Engine Ever Built It was the largest, most powerful rocket ever built and, having served as the launch platform for the Apollo manned moon mission, probably qualifies as the most famous rocket as well. |
Wired
December 2004
Josh McHugh |
Mission to Mars: Staying Alive Don Pettit has experienced what an astronaut would have to endure on a mission to Mars. Here's Pettit's preview of a trip to the Red Planet. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2008
James Oberg |
Russians Close In on Cause of Soyuz Landing Anomaly Clues could come from a space walk next week |
Geotimes
July 2005
Kathryn Hansen |
Discovery Returns to Flight The space shuttle Discovery and its seven member crew lifted off, successfully returning NASA to flight after a two-and-a-half-year hiatus. The launch follows a 13-day delay after a faulty fuel sensor halted the first launch attempt during countdown. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2005
John Rhea |
Money for space Space exploration is becoming politically fashionable again, and advanced technology firms would be well advised to get on board while the getting is good. |
Scientific American
October 2007 |
Racing past the Moon Today competition matters less than conquering space. |
Popular Mechanics
August 2008 |
Soyuz Spacecraft Re-Entry Mishaps Force Fix: What Went Wrong As Russian and American space officials scramble for answers about the rockets that will soon be filling in for the space shuttle, cosmonauts will upgrade finicky modules this week. |
Wired
April 2001
Alex Markels |
The Next Wave Ships from Norway, rockets from Russia, techspertise from Seattle. Together, they slingshot satellites off a floating platform on the equator - and set the stage for a new kind of company, built on international brainpower... |
Geotimes
August 2005
Kathryn Hansen |
Shuttle Repair Rundown The repair of the shuttle during a space walk Wednesday marked a first in the history of NASA. Astronaut Steve Robinson smoothly removed material found protruding from between the tiles on the belly of Discovery. |
Wired
April 2005
Christopher S. Stewart |
Psst - Wanna Buy a Slightly Used Soviet Space Suit? Thanks to the Internet, specifically eBay, the market for Russian space memorabilia is booming. |
