by Bill D'Zio | Apr 13, 2020 | All space related, Launch
No, it’s not a high budget Mission Impossible action movie, but it could have been. Tom Cruise wasn’t piloting a helicopter that grabbed a rocket falling back to the Earth. Instead, a crew wearing black Rocket Lab t-shirts with the words “recovery...
by Bill D'Zio | Apr 12, 2020 | All space related, Beyond Earth Orbit
Would you fly on Apollo 13? Or do you have Triskaidekaphobia? Would you launch on the 13th Apollo mission at 13:13 Military time? Maybe you don’t subscribe to Triskaidekaphobia, the irrational fear of the number 13. It is Pronounced TRIS-kye-DEK-a-FOH-bee-a in...
by Bill D'Zio | Apr 11, 2020 | All space related, Space Agencies
Russia seems to see the writing on the wall. No longer can disposable rockets win business for the Russian Space Industry. NASA put an end to the ongoing launches of astronauts into space with the development of domestic. The Russian space industry plans on...
by Bill D'Zio | Apr 11, 2020 | All space related, Beyond Earth Orbit
The ESA probe BepiColombo flew past Earth on the way to Mercury. The probe launched in 2018 and made the last visit of our home before continuing onward to the final destination. The spacecraft needs to shed velocity to arrive at Mercury in 2025 at a velocity to enter...
by Bill D'Zio | Apr 10, 2020 | All space related, Launch
From the US territory Guam, sightings came in of a fireball falling from the sky. The strategic location of Guam and the U.S. military stationed there has drawn attention for years. Guam thrust into the limelight during heightened tensions with North Korea. In August...
