by Bill D'Zio | May 23, 2020 | All space related, Beyond Earth Orbit, Space Agencies
What happens if an asteroid hits Earth? Bruce Willis might have saved the world by blowing up a nuclear device on an asteroid in the film Armageddon. In the movie, Bruce Willis heroically sacrifices his life, breaking the killer Asteroid in two. But this time,...
by Bill D'Zio | May 14, 2020 | All space related, Beyond Earth Orbit, Space Agencies
The Hayabusa 2 ion engine fired up today, May 12, at 7:00 JST (onboard time). Aboard the spacecraft, samples collected from the asteroid Ryugu which orbits the sun between the planet Mars and Jupiter. The collection of samples that may contain the...
by Bill D'Zio | May 7, 2020 | All space related, Beyond Earth Orbit, Space Agencies
New spacecraft experience setbacks all the time. SpaceX Starship prototype violently disassembled several times. Boeing launched the CST-100 but ended up in the wrong orbit. China isn’t a stranger to setbacks either. China tested a prototype spacecraft on May...
by Bill D'Zio | May 3, 2020 | All space related, Launch, Space Agencies
NASA plans to launch the most powerful rocket sometime in the next few years. The rocket experienced delays and cost overruns which keeps NASA pushing the debut out. The goal is still, bring America along with allies into deep space for longer and farther than ever...
by Bill D'Zio | May 2, 2020 | All space related, Launch, Space Agencies
Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a spaceplane! No, it’s a lifting body reusable spacecraft to resupply the International Space Station! Part of NASA’s attempt to develop a vibrant space community, NASA solicited awards for commercial...
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...
