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Aerojet AJ26 rocket engine

by | Feb 29, 2020

The AJ26 engine used for Antares is based on a Russian NK-33 rocket engine designed and manufactured in the early 1970s in support of the failed Russian N-1 moon program. Aerojet-Rocketdyne modifies the NK-33 configuration for use on U.S. launch vehicles. For Antares,...

Apollo 15 Hammer and Feather

by | Mar 26, 2020

All falling objects fall the same when under the same conditions… that is so long as no outside force is exerted on it.  So two objects dropped from the same altitude, one a feather and hammer will fall equally.  Don’t believe me?  NASA...

Apollo Missions

by | Feb 21, 2020

Apollo’s Goals Apollo was the third United States human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) done in the 1960s and 1970s.  Apollo was put into motion by president Kennedy. President Kennedy’s goal...

Ariane 5 Rocket

by | Feb 20, 2020

Arianespace’s Ariane 5 is a heavy-lift launcher.  The Rocket is able to carry payloads weighing more than 10 metric tons to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) and over 20 metric tons into low-Earth orbit (LEO).  the Ariane 5 has a long history with a...

Astronaut Alfred “Al” Worden

by | Mar 25, 2020

NASA Astronaut, Apollo 15 Command Module Pilot. “I’m deeply saddened to hear that Apollo astronaut Al Worden has passed away,” NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine tweeted about Worden. “Al was an American hero whose achievements in space...