America’s First Space Station
"Get your ticket to that wheel in space."Lyrics from I.G.Y. by Donald Fagen Background Early SciFi images of a Wheel in Space In popular Science Fiction space stations were a common theme. Arthur C. Clarke and other early...
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...
Did Japan’s Asteroid space probe find life and shoot it with a bullet?
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 evidence of life...
Is China’s inflatable space tech a $400 Million Cost savings for NASA’s SLS?
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 5th,...
Elon Musk’s Starlink growing bigger and bigger
SpaceX launching again this week, if all goes as planned. SpaceX is at it again. Love it or hate it, Starlink is growing again. The company is getting ready to launch the next batch of 60 satellites into orbit in just a few days. The original launch was...
SpaceX and NASA to set a new era of human spaceflight after Apollo
A SpaceX Falcon 9, with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken in the Dragon crew capsule, lifts off from Pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., May 30, 2020. (Photo Credit: David J. Philip/AP) “You want to wake up in the morning and think...
New NASA Space Shuttle Slated for 2021, and it has a Name
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 resupply missions as well as...
Is the China Space Station the Next ISS?
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...
China’s vision to provide inexhaustive solar energy by 2050
A monumental leap in solving Earth’s addiction to non-clean power sources Space-based solar power (SBSP) is the concept of collecting solar power in outer space and distributing it to Earth. A considerable fraction of incoming solar...
SpaceShipTwo Glides Home to New Mexico
Virgin Galactic steps one step closer to its Giant Leap goal. The VSS Unity suborbital spacecraft completed its first unpowered glide flight over Spaceport America. The May 1st flight is one of many milestones needed for commencing commercial flights. Today...
Can we Talk about ChinaSat’s Market Capitalization?
Can we Talk about ChinaSat’s Market Capitalization? China Satellite Communications Company Limited (ChinaSat) is the leading satellite operator in China, with a fleet of more than 10 satellites in geostationary orbit. The company has for decades broadcast central and...
HTV-9 mission arrives at ISS prior to SpaceX Dragon
Japan launched its last ISS resupply mission with the HTV. For the ISS, this week looks very busy. An American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut used a Canadian robotic arm to capture a Japanese spacecraft. JAXA launched the HTV-9 mission to resupply the ISS on 20...
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