RYMDFARTForskarna bakom Cassini-projektet har börjat förstå mekanismerna som styr ringarnas dynamiska natur. Partiklarna som bygger upp ringarna vibrerar av egen kraft och osynliga små månar skapar spektakulära gravitationseffekter.

RYMDFARTRussia charges private travelers $40 million to ride on its Soyuz spacecraft and spend a few days aboard the international space station. For a much shorter journey, Virgin Galactic wants $200,000 for a flight to suborbital space.

RYMDFARTSeven months after making its first captive flight attached to its mother ship White Knight Two, Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo (aka VSS Enterprise) completed its first solo glide flight.