by Bill D'Zio | May 1, 2020 | Beyond Earth Orbit, PRESS RELEASES
One of the three companies NASA announced today will land the next NASA astronauts on the Moon. NASA awarded three firm-fixed-price, milestone-based contracts for the human landing system awards under the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships...
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 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 15, 2020 | Beyond Earth Orbit
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission arrived at Bennu back in 2018. A major event planned for August and keeping scientists eager to see the results. You might not have heard much about this mission, so let me bring you up to date with some important details. OSIRIS-REx...
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, Beyond Earth Orbit
The ESA probe BepiColombo flew past Earth on the way to Mercury. The probe launched in 2018 and made the last visit of our home before continuing onward to the final destination. The spacecraft needs to shed velocity to arrive at Mercury in 2025 at a velocity to enter...
