First 2-Teddy Bear Spacewalk

It finally happened. Two fairly large satellites collided in orbit, destroying both and littering space with possibly thousands of pieces of potentially deadly debris. A Russian satellite—presumed to be already no longer used—met up with an actively used communications satellite. The communications satellite was owned by Iridium Satellite, a company that runs a worldwide communications [...]

NASA scientists are in disagreement about what they see in a photo from the Mars lander, Phoenix. Round blobs are visible on one of the struts of the spacecraft. Some scientists say it’s liquid water. Others say, that’s not so. Liquid water at 90 below zero? Here on earth, water freezes at 32 degrees fahrenheit. [...]

What’s going on up there? Here’s a roundup of what’s being reported about spaceflight right now… We already reported about the Mercury Messenger spacecraft (and it’s 1970s predecessor). But now there’s more, including how Mercury (strangely) resembles Saturn! Iran, which has successfully launched a satellite into orbit, and sent up some small animals, plans to [...]