by Blaine Curcio | Apr 3, 2020 | All space related
An Energetic Market: Updates on the Chinese Private Launcher Industry The latter half of the 2010s saw a plethora of mostly privately-funded, commercially-oriented launch companies emerge from China. The speed of development and number of companies can be exemplified...
by Bill D'Zio | Apr 2, 2020 | All space related, Product Review
So we are on month 3 of COVID19 here in Asia. We have had some time to figure out how to keep ourselves from going stir crazy. Playing some boardgames with the kids is a better alternative to youtube or xbox all day long. Scholastic, the company that is known for...
by Bill D'Zio | Apr 2, 2020 | All space related, Launch, Stuff in Orbit
On 4 October 1957, the Soviet Union launched the world’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1. It was 83.6 kg, roughly 58 cm in diameter and used 1 watt of power. Over time, satellites grew in size and complexity, but the recent trend is seeing them...
by Bill D'Zio | Apr 1, 2020 | All space related, Launch
On May 5, 1961, astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr. view of Earth that no American had seen before. His Freedom 7 Mercury capsule made suborbital flight lasting 15 minutes. Almost 60 years later, SpaceX is about to have two American astronauts see a similar view, but take...
by Bill D'Zio | Mar 31, 2020 | All space related, Space Agencies
In a press release by JAXA, Astronaut Noguchi Soichi is going back to the International Space Station. The March 31, 2020 JAXA press release indicated that Noguchi Soichi is currently preparing and training for the ISS Expedition, will start training to board...
by admin | Mar 30, 2020 | All space related, Beyond Earth Orbit
NASA Selects Mission to Study Causes of Giant Solar Particle Storms Giant surges of solar particles that erupt off of the Sun – as depicted in this illustration. Understanding how such storms affect interplanetary space can help protect spacecraft and...
