Deep space travel has deep crap problems to solve
In Space, people need toilets. NASA is spending millions of dollars on developing a new space age toilet to take astronauts to Mars in comfort and safety.
NASA’s Lunar Gateway getting HALO and PPE
A big announcement about the NASA Lunar Gateway came out on Friday June 5th, 2020. NASA officially awarded a contract to Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) for the preliminary design and development of the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO). The...
Space Applications for Military: Eyes Beyond the Sky
For decades, space has been one of the critical assets for military operations. In fact, space technology is a product of defence industry that needed an upgrade in technological capabilities for various military operations since the early 1940s. The transition of...
NASA picks who will land people on the Moon… sort of…
One of the three companies NASA announced today will land the next NASA astronauts on the Moon. NASA awarded three firm-fixed-price, milestone-based contracts for the human landing system awards under the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships...
The joint ESA–JAXA first space mission to Mercury
Mercury: a tough place to live… Mercury. The smallest planet in our solar system—only slightly larger than Earth's Moon and the closest one to the Sun at a distance of about 36 million miles (58 million kilometers) or 0.39 AU. The Sumerians also knew of...
Even Elon Musk can’t control the weather, but Bill Gates wanted to.
A lot of people wonder, why does a really expensive, powerful rocket get stopped by the weather? Well, a number of factors. In the case of the recent SpaceX launch attempt to send people to the International Space Station, the safety of the crew is paramount. The...
NASA press release on SpaceX Crew Dragon Launch
RELEASE 20-057NASA Astronauts Launch from America in Historic Test Flight of SpaceX Crew Dragon For the first time in history, NASA astronauts have launched from American soil in a commercially built and operated American crew spacecraft on its way to...
3 Months to Mars 2020, is NASA Ready?
Time running short for NASA's Mars missions. With the Mars launch window quickly approaching, NASA needs to manage time carefully. Coronavirus pandemic placed additional complexity on the mission execution. In addition to the complex mission, NASA now needs to address...
Roscosmos Miffed, Elon Musk Calls Them Out
Russia seems to see the writing on the wall. No longer can disposable rockets win business for the Russian Space Industry. NASA put an end to the ongoing launches of astronauts into space with the development of domestic. The Russian space industry plans on...
A Setback, Palapa N1 Failure
A Setback The recent failure of a Long March-3B rocket carrying the Palapa-N1 satellite is a setback for the Chinese space industry, with this being the second launch failure in a month following the failure of a Long March-7A. However, the launch failure also...
Satcom Opportunities and Challenges in the 2020s
Satellite 2020 Series: Satcom Opportunities and Challenges in the 2020s The SATELLITE Show in Washington DC will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2021. Over the past 39 years, the show has expanded significantly, from being a show largely focused on satcom, to one...
X-37B Launches aboard ULA Atlas V Rocket for Space Force
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 501 variant rocket launched the USSF-7 mission for the U.S. Space Force. Nestled inside the payload fairings sits the highly secretive X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle. This marks the sixth flight of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-6)...
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...
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