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 Alessandro Prosperi | Jun 1, 2020 | All space related, Launch, Stuff in Orbit
A SpaceX Falcon 9, with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken in the Dragon crew capsule, lifts off from Pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., May 30, 2020. (Photo Credit: David J. Philip/AP) “You want to wake up in the morning and...
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...
by Bill D'Zio | May 31, 2020 | All space related, PRESS RELEASES
NASA Administrator, Sen. Cruz, Rep. Babin to Discuss Crew Dragon Test Flight at Briefing in Houston Coverage of Expedition 63 flight control team with Flight Director Zebulon Scoville during SpaceX DM-2 launch in Mission Control Center station flight control room...
by Bill D'Zio | May 30, 2020 | All space related, Beyond Earth Orbit, PRESS RELEASES
NASA awarded some pretty odd contracts in the past. NASA also likes catchy acronyms for their projects. The Southwest Research Institute just got $3 million bucks from NASA for LASVEGAS development. No, not Las Vegas the place for high stakes gambling. LASVEGAS stands...
