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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...
Does NASA have Triskaidekaphobia? (Fear of #13?)
Would you fly on Apollo 13? Or do you have Triskaidekaphobia? Would you launch on the 13th Apollo mission at 13:13 Military time? Maybe you don’t subscribe to Triskaidekaphobia, the irrational fear of the number 13. It is Pronounced TRIS-kye-DEK-a-FOH-bee-a in case...
BepiColombo Slingshots Past Earth
The ESA probe BepiColombo flew past Earth on the way to Mercury. The probe launched in 2018 and made the last visit of our home before continuing onward to the final destination. The spacecraft needs to shed velocity to arrive at Mercury in 2025 at a velocity to enter...
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)...
Space Force X37B secret mission scrubbed by ULA due to bad weather.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 501 variant rocket almost 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...
Creating a Space for the Space Force
By Blaine Curcio March 27, 2020 Creating a Safe Space for the Space Force Yesterday saw the first official launch of a military satellite under the United States Space Force, with the AEHF-6 and TDO-2 taking flight on an Atlas-V rocket. The USSF, formally...
ESA Grounds ExoMars
The ExoMars program is a joint effort between European Space Agency(ESA) and Roscosmos. The mission includes the Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) launched in 2016. The TGO is already both delivering important scientific results of its own and relaying data from...
Virgin Galactic Soars in first quarter 2020
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...
Blockchain for Space – Lunargistics
Credit Lunargistics - Blockchain for Space benifits Credit Lunargistics - "Brocoli" release of Blockchain Software and test of system. Lunargistics aims to provide immutable data integrity for aerospace parts manufacturers. This will lead to reduced...
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...
NASA to Leave One Astronaut on The Space Station
For the last nine months, NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan lived and worked on the International Space Station. Morgan's time on the ISS will come to an end when he, NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, and Oleg Skripochka of the Russian space agency Roscosmos return to Earth on...
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