by Bill D'Zio | May 4, 2020 | All space related, Space Money
Virgin Galactic steps one step closer to its Giant Leap goal. The VSS Unity suborbital spacecraft completed its first unpowered glide flight over Spaceport America. The May 1st flight is one of many milestones needed for commencing commercial flights. ...
by Bill D'Zio | May 3, 2020 | All space related, Launch, Space Agencies
NASA plans to launch the most powerful rocket sometime in the next few years. The rocket experienced delays and cost overruns which keeps NASA pushing the debut out. The goal is still, bring America along with allies into deep space for longer and farther than ever...
by Bill D'Zio | May 3, 2020 | All space related, Launch
The crew module (top) and service module of the new Chinese crewed spacecraft. (Image credit: CAST) The US isn’t the only country with aspirations of going to deep space. The United States remains the only country to send people beyond Low Earth Orbit. That may...
by Bill D'Zio | May 2, 2020 | All space related, Launch, Space Agencies
Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a spaceplane! No, it’s a lifting body reusable spacecraft to resupply the International Space Station! Part of NASA’s attempt to develop a vibrant space community, NASA solicited awards for commercial...
by Alessandro Prosperi | Apr 30, 2020 | All space related, Beyond Earth Orbit
Mercury: a tough place to live… Mercury. The smallest planet in our solar system—only slightly larger than Earth’s Moon and the closest one to the Sun at a distance of about 36 million miles (58 million kilometers) or 0.39 AU. The...
by Bill D'Zio | Apr 22, 2020 | All space related, Launch, Stuff in Orbit
April 24th, 2020 marks the 50th-anniversary launch of the Chinese DFH-1 satellite. DFG-1 successfully launched on April 24, 1970, ushering China into the elite group of nations capable of developing and launching satellites into space. Although many nations in present...
