by Bill D'Zio | Jun 4, 2020 | All space related, Launch, Stuff in Orbit
Back when President Reagan was working on his Star Wars strategic defense initiative, there was another struggle going on. Two historic adversaries, each a giant with loyal followers set their aims at a new battlefield of Space. Pepsi and Coca-cola each postured to be...
by Bill D'Zio | Jun 4, 2020 | All space related, PRESS RELEASES
June 03, 2020 RELEASE 20-061NASA Announces Challenge Seeking Innovative Ideas to Advance Missions NASA has opened a pilot Entrepreneurs Challenge to invite fresh ideas and new participants in supporting development of new instruments and technologies to advance...
by Bill D'Zio | Jun 2, 2020 | All space related, Launch, Stuff in Orbit
SpaceX launching again this week, if all goes as planned. SpaceX is at it again. Love it or hate it, Starlink is growing again. The company is getting ready to launch the next batch of 60 satellites into orbit in just a few days. The original launch was...
by Bill D'Zio | Jun 1, 2020 | All space related, Launch
A lot of people wonder, why does a really expensive, powerful rocket get stopped by the weather? Well, a number of factors. In the case of the recent SpaceX launch attempt to send people to the International Space Station, the safety of the crew is paramount....
by Bill D'Zio | May 31, 2020 | All space related, Launch, PRESS RELEASES
RELEASE 20-057NASA Astronauts Launch from America in Historic Test Flight of SpaceX Crew Dragon For the first time in history, NASA astronauts have launched from American soil in a commercially built and operated American crew spacecraft on its way to...