by Bill D'Zio | Jun 4, 2020 | All space related, Launch, Stuff in Orbit
Back when President Reagan was working on his Star Wars strategic defense initiative, there was another struggle going on. Two historic adversaries, each a giant with loyal followers set their aims at a new battlefield of Space. Pepsi and Coca-cola each postured to be...
by Jean Deville | Jun 4, 2020 | All space related, Launch, Space History
This piece is the first of a two-part blog post by China Aerospace Blog on Chinese spaceplanes. It sets the context of spaceplanes in China, and goes over past attempts to make such vehicles. Part 2 will provide an analysis of current projects under development from...
by admin | Jun 3, 2020 | All space related, Launch, PRESS RELEASES
Today is the day SpaceX is targeting to launch. On Wednesday, June 3 at 9:25 p.m. EDT, 1:25 UTC on June 4, SpaceX plans to launch the eighth batch of Starlink satellites. A Falcon 9 liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station...
by Blaine Curcio | Jun 3, 2020 | Launch, Space Money, Stuff in Orbit
How has SpaceX Impacted the Chinese Space Sector? SpaceX’s Launches being heard around the world. Credit: SpaceX The year 2020 has been a strange one thus far. While things on earth appear to be moving backwards at an incredible rate, with cities being burned...
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...
