Carnival of Space Week 86

Carnival of space week 86 is up at collectSpace

This site provided an article on experimental validation and measurement of a repulsive casimir force and what control of the casimir force could enable.

The OrbitalHub looks at Orbital Corp.'s (no relation) Taurus II medium-lift launch vehicle and the Cygnus spacecraft, which NASA recently contracted to loft and return supplies to the International Space Station.


Orbital Corp's Taurus II medium lift rocket






Nicole Gugliucci reports from the National Radio Sciences Meeting about ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter Array), which will explore at wavelengths in the millimeter and sub-millimeter regime.

Check out the carnival of space #86 for a lot more.