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It’s Not a New Space Race
"We want a new space race - space races are exciting". Elon Musk after successful launch of Falcon Heavy. Background China and the United States are fierce competitors in economics, technology, military and recently in space exploration. Does this competition imply a...
Decision: Apollo 8 To The Moon
Background The flight of Apollo 8 is an historical watershed in the course of human spaceflight. Its circumlunar mission which climaxed in a dramatic television broadcast on Christmas Eve 1968, marked a point in time when humanity became a true spacefaring culture....
Great Britain’s Vertical Empire
"Ground Control To Major Tom."A Space Oddity, David Bowie British Rocketry After the end of World War II, British space technology held its own against the bigger, better funded US and Soviet Union programs. The UK had its sights set on landing astronauts on the Moon....
Deep space travel has deep crap problems to solve
Many people take it for granted, but in Space, going to the bathroom is not a minor effort. With a lack of gravity, engineers over the years have been refining the approach to make it work in space. NASA is ready to launch its latest version of the space...
Expect big things from this small company – Alba
ESA, Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, TU delft all figured out that they can build and launch a satellite for less. The goal of these smart organizations? Miniaturization. But how small? What if I told you that you could hold a satellite in your hand? How about a...
The X-15 Rocket Plane
Introduction After World War Two, the United States as well as the United Kingdom and Soviet Union all began programs to develop rocket propulsion as follow on to the German V2. While the main focus of these programs was the deployment of ballistic missiles for...
You heard of Star Wars, but did you know there were Space Soda Wars?
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...
A Historical Perspective on Chinese Spaceplanes
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...
How to Watch the Starlink Launch
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...
How has SpaceX Impacted China’s Space Sector?
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 and...
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