by Denis Kalinin | Apr 19, 2020 | All space related, Space Agencies, Stuff in Orbit
In the previous article, we defined that the creation of the multi-modular Chinese Space Station (CSS) will allow the Chinese manned space program to reach the technological level of Russia and the United States. In this article, we will figure out how far China has...
by Bill D'Zio | Apr 18, 2020 | All space related, Beyond Earth Orbit, Space Agencies
Time running short for NASA’s Mars missions. With the Mars launch window quickly approaching, NASA needs to manage time carefully. Coronavirus pandemic placed additional complexity on the mission execution. In addition to the complex mission, NASA now needs to...
by Bill D'Zio | Apr 14, 2020 | All space related, Stuff in Orbit
For the last nine months, NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan lived and worked on the International Space Station. Morgan’s time on the ISS will come to an end when he, NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, and Oleg Skripochka of the Russian space agency Roscosmos return to...
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...
