by Omkar Nikam | Jun 5, 2020 | All space related, Stuff in Orbit
For decades, space has been one of the critical assets for military operations. In fact, space technology is a product of defence industry that needed an upgrade in technological capabilities for various military operations since the early 1940s. The transition of...
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 Jean Deville | Jun 4, 2020 | All space related, Launch, Space History
This piece is the first of a two-part blog post by China Aerospace Blog on Chinese spaceplanes. It sets the context of spaceplanes in China, and goes over past attempts to make such vehicles. Part 2 will provide an analysis of current projects under development from...
by admin | Jun 3, 2020 | All space related, Launch, PRESS RELEASES
Today is the day SpaceX is targeting to launch. On Wednesday, June 3 at 9:25 p.m. EDT, 1:25 UTC on June 4, SpaceX plans to launch the eighth batch of Starlink satellites. A Falcon 9 liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station...
by Carl Rossi | Jun 3, 2020 | All space related, Space History, Stuff in Orbit
Neil Armstrong has been referred to as “First Man” as in first man to set foot on the moon. However, the First Man of Space is Yuri Gagarin who became the first human to orbit the earth. Early Life Gagarin was born on March 9, 1934 in Smolensk of working...
