by Bill D'Zio | Mar 27, 2020 | Beyond Earth Orbit
By Bill D’Zio March 27, 2020 A little over a year after Elon Musk launched his Cherry red Tesla Sports car into space on the debut launch of the Falcon Heavy, JAXA and Toyota announced their collaboration efforts on a manned lunar rover. The March 12, 2019...
by Bill D'Zio | Mar 27, 2020 | All space related, Launch
SpaceX continues to be a trend-setting company. Companies in the world now consider SpaceX a serious player in the launch industry. Other companies strive to achieve the accomplishments SpaceX did in the first ten years of operation. Even cross the pacific ocean and...
by Bill D'Zio | Mar 26, 2020 | All space related, Launch
Parachutes are plaguing space programs. SpaceX doesn’t like Parachutes. They are difficult to design, hard to package, and easy to damage. The larger the mass of the spacecraft, the more effort to slow down. Larger, more efficient, complex parachute...
by Bill D'Zio | Mar 26, 2020 | Beyond Earth Orbit, Space Agencies
The ExoMars program is a joint effort between European Space Agency(ESA) and Roscosmos. The mission includes the Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) launched in 2016. The TGO is already both delivering important scientific results of its own and relaying data from...
by Bill D'Zio | Mar 25, 2020 | All space related, Launch, Space Agencies
By Bill D’Zio March 25, 2020 Part 2 of the Life in Space with COVID19 we will delve into Crew demo-2 where NASA and SpaceX are planning a launch within two months. There are a lot of pre-launch milestones and activities to cover to ensure a safe flight for the...
