by Carl Rossi | Jul 26, 2020 | All space related, Beyond Earth Orbit, Launch, Space Agencies, Space History
“We want a new space race – space races are exciting”. Elon Musk after successful launch of Falcon Heavy. Background China and the United States are fierce competitors in economics, technology, military and recently in space exploration. Does...
by Carl Rossi | Jul 13, 2020 | All space related, Beyond Earth Orbit, Launch, Space Agencies, Space History
Background The flight of Apollo 8 is an historical watershed in the course of human spaceflight. Its circumlunar mission which climaxed in a dramatic television broadcast on Christmas Eve 1968, marked a point in time when humanity became a true spacefaring...
by Bill D'Zio | Jun 17, 2020 | All space related, Beyond Earth Orbit, Launch
Many people take it for granted, but in Space, going to the bathroom is not a minor effort. With a lack of gravity, engineers over the years have been refining the approach to make it work in space. NASA is ready to launch its latest version of the space...
by Carl Rossi | Jun 13, 2020 | All space related, Beyond Earth Orbit, Space History
Classic Rock legends Pink Floyd designated the far side of the moon The Dark Side of the Moon in a 1973 album release. This unfortunate name has stuck because the far side of the moon is anything but dark. Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon released in...
by Bill D'Zio | Jun 13, 2020 | All space related, Beyond Earth Orbit, Space Agencies, Space Money
Astronomers dealt with a major several problems since the inception of astronomy. First, objects give off electromagnetic radiation. The human eye’s ability to detect the visible spectrum restricts us from seeing other electromagnetic...
by Bill D'Zio | Jun 6, 2020 | All space related, Beyond Earth Orbit, Stuff in Orbit
A big announcement about the NASA Lunar Gateway came out on Friday June 5th, 2020. NASA officially awarded a contract to Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) for the preliminary design and development of the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO). The...
