JWST is no comparison to Hubble Space Telescope, here is why.
Hubble is Big. JWST is BIGGER. JWST is more capable as well. Capable of peering back into the moments just a few hundred million years after the dark period.
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...
First Man of Space
Neil Armstrong has been referred to as “First Man” as in first man to set foot on the moon. However, the First Man of Space is Yuri Gagarin who became the first human to orbit the earth. Early Life Gagarin was born on March 9, 1934 in Smolensk of working class parent....
China Moon Rover still going and so is China
Reports from China's Xinhua.net news reported that China's lunar rover Yutu 2 rover, (translates into english Jade Rabbit-2), has driven over 420 meters since landing on the far side of the moon. The far side of the Moon receives as much light as the side that faces...
NASA SunRISE
NASA Selects Mission to Study Causes of Giant Solar Particle Storms Giant surges of solar particles that erupt off of the Sun – as depicted in this illustration. Understanding how such storms affect interplanetary space can help protect spacecraft and astronauts....
New Space Era: Moore’s Law in Action
Due to the inevitable advance of technology during the last decades, the space industry has been developing and it is recently showing an abrupt growth such that, as it is widely referred, the world is entering a new space era. One of the aspects of this growth shows...
China Long March 5B Launch Paving Way for New Space Station and Moon Mission.
People stood on the hot beach in Hainan Island China. No, a China Cinco de Mayo party isn't happening on the beach. People gathered for a launch party. They wanted to get a glimpse of the newly upgraded rocket. The Long March 5B rocket carrying the hopes and...
COVID19 Impact Part II – SpaceX , SLS and NASA
By Bill D'Zio March 25, 2020 Part 2 of the Life in Space with COVID19 we will delve into Crew demo-2 where NASA and SpaceX are planning a launch within two months. There are a lot of pre-launch milestones and activities to cover to ensure a safe flight for the...
Coronavirus Pandemic Impact on Space Programs Part I
About The Author Bill founded WestEastSpace.com after returning to China in 2019 to be supportive of his wife's career. Moving to China meant leaving the US rocket/launch industry behind, as USA and China don't see eye to eye on cooperation in space. Bill has an...
What’s There to See with C-band?
The satellite communications industry was, for some time, built on the C-band, a piece of the radiofrequency spectrum lower than Ku-band or X-band, but higher than L-band or S-band. And yet, even among a community of space industry people, the phrase C-band may not be...
Space Economy
Value of the space economey is huge. Over 6.3 billion US has been invested, adn the rate is increasing. Sample of the New Space Economy - Dspace equipment for DNA gene bank in SpaceUbiquitylink New Space company testing the space based cellular tower to use your...
30 years ago Whos Satellite did China Launch?
30 years ago, Whos Satellite did China Launch? Chinas First International Commercial Launch Success occurred on April 7th, 1990. You might be surprised who’s satellite China Launched 30 years ago. No, it wasn’t Russia’s, nor Iran… Here is a hint. This satellite...
Solo NASA Astronaut to ISS
The next launch to the Space Station is planned for April 9th and is only a few days away and will leave the ISS with only one NASA astronaut on board. Preparations for the launch have been complicated with illness and coronavirus complications. AS OF NOW, the...
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