Giant balloons could clear out space junk.
Helium balloons are known for pulling things up, but they could be a great way to drag defunct satellites down to Earth, at team of engineers says.

On August 9, 2010, in Reston, VA, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) announced the winners of its 2010 AIAA Regional Student Conference Technical Paper Competition.

Recent PhD graduates (May 2010) Martin Ozimek and Daniel Grebow, as well as Professor Kathleen Howell, received a Best Paper Award at the 2010 AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference.

James Mann, CEO of M4 Sciences LLC, announced Wednesday (July 28) that the TriboMAM™ drilling system has been named as one of R&D Magazine's 100 most innovative products introduced into the marketplace in 2009.

The 46th Annual AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit was held July 25-28th in Nashville, TN, where Purdue stood out in receiving numerous Best Paper Awards.

Watch Live: Our Nation's Future in Space
Maj. Gen. Charles F. Bolden, Jr., NASA's 12^th administrator, flew four Space Shuttle missions, two as commander, from 1986 to 1994, including deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope and the first joint U.S.-Russian Space Shuttle mission.