Can you orbit around a point of empty space? Most people will get this wrong.
So before we start, if you get this answer wrong, leave a comment about your thinking. Some of you may get it wrong and still not want to comment. Before we get to the answer, let’s review basic orbital mechanics, but...
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...
NASA Announces Challenge Seeking Innovative Ideas to Advance Missions
June 03, 2020 RELEASE 20-061NASA Announces Challenge Seeking Innovative Ideas to Advance Missions NASA has opened a pilot Entrepreneurs Challenge to invite fresh ideas and new participants in supporting development of new instruments and technologies to advance...
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...
NASA Digging up dirt on an asteroid
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission arrived at Bennu back in 2018. A major event planned for August and keeping scientists eager to see the results. You might not have heard much about this mission, so let me bring you up to date with some important details. OSIRIS-REx stands...
Understanding why did Sir Richard Branson blow up his own rocket!??!
Things didn’t go as planned today for Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit company. Branson seems to be in a glut recently. He recently needed to liquidate shares of the publically traded Virgin Galactic to shore up his other business hit hard by the COVID19...
A short history of the Atlas Rocket
Background Recently, the X-37B spaceplane lifted off from Cape Canaveral using a United Space Alliance Atlas V as a booster. What is not commonly known by today’s space enthusiasts is that the current version of this booster can trace its origins back in 1957...
Crew Dragon Demo-2 will be a Really Long Test Drive.
The next launch to the Space Station is planned for April 9th and is only a few days away. Preparations for the launch have been complicated with illness and coronavirus complications. AS OF NOW, the launch is still on track to rocket American astronaut Chris...
SpaceX to launch Crew Dragon with JAXA Astronaut
In a press release by JAXA, Astronaut Noguchi Soichi is going back to the International Space Station. The March 31, 2020 JAXA press release indicated that Noguchi Soichi is currently preparing and training for the ISS Expedition, will start training to board...
Satellite 2020
Virgin Galactic IPO and first few months in review.SES has been on a downward trend for it's stock for a while. In detail article to understand more.SpaceX is changing the game for satellite communication. Look into more detail on the new approach SpaceX is taking...
SES S.A. Satellite Communications Stocks Crash 30%
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...
Elon Musk setting new records with Starlink.
Love it or hate it, Starlink might be the biggest space undertaking ever once completed. The combined mass of the Starlink satellite constellation exceeds any prior space endeavor. The SpaceX network provides global satellite Internet access will weigh in more than...
China’s First Satellite 50 years ago
April 24th, 2020 marks the 50th-anniversary launch of the Chinese DFH-1 satellite. DFG-1 successfully launched on April 24, 1970, ushering China into the elite group of nations capable of developing and launching satellites into space. Although many nations in present...
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