by Bill D'Zio | Apr 7, 2020 | All space related, Launch
Boeing flubbed the first mission of the CST-100. Seemingly a routine mission for SpaceX after completing over 20 deliveries to the International Space Station, Boeing showed how not to do it. During the December 2019 Demo flight for the Boeing Starliner CST-100, the...
by Bill D'Zio | Apr 5, 2020 | All space related, Launch
There is a lot of attention on the upcoming SpaceX launch for NASA. The hype? NASA is getting the ability to launch astronauts into space from American soil. SpaceX’s crew access arm extended to the Dragon spacecraft as part of testing to prepare for...
by Bill D'Zio | Apr 4, 2020 | All space related, Launch, Space Agencies
The next launch to the Space Station is planned for April 9th and is only a few days away. Preparations for the launch have been complicated with illness and coronavirus complications. AS OF NOW, the launch is still on track to rocket American astronaut...
by Bill D'Zio | Apr 2, 2020 | All space related, Launch, Stuff in Orbit
On 4 October 1957, the Soviet Union launched the world’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1. It was 83.6 kg, roughly 58 cm in diameter and used 1 watt of power. Over time, satellites grew in size and complexity, but the recent trend is seeing them...
by Bill D'Zio | Apr 1, 2020 | All space related, Launch
On May 5, 1961, astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr. view of Earth that no American had seen before. His Freedom 7 Mercury capsule made suborbital flight lasting 15 minutes. Almost 60 years later, SpaceX is about to have two American astronauts see a similar view, but take...
by Bill D'Zio | Mar 27, 2020 | All space related, Launch
SpaceX continues to be a trend-setting company. Companies in the world now consider SpaceX a serious player in the launch industry. Other companies strive to achieve the accomplishments SpaceX did in the first ten years of operation. Even cross the pacific ocean and...
