Fill’ er Up! Rocket Fuel to Go
A top-notch team of MIT engineers has scoped out orbiting way stations – one such depot placed somewhere between the Earth and the Moon. Once in place, this type of filling station could reduce the fuel a spacecraft needs to carry from Earth. That means, with less...Swiss SOAR Space Plane Project Expands Technical Partnerships
Swiss Space Systems (S3) is on a quest to manufacture, certify and operate automated suborbital spaceplanes for small satellite deployment. S3 has announced they have partnered with Bauman Moscow State Technical University (BMSTU) adding to its cadre of technical...First Flight: Cygnus Spacecraft Ready for Resupply Mission
UPDATE: Launch date slip Following a launch review meeting held earlier this morning, Orbital’s Antares team has decided to postpone the launch of the COTS Demonstration mission from Wallops Island, VA by at least 24 hours. The combination of yesterday’s poor weather...Retired NASA Astronaut Embraces Commercial Spaceflight Role
Frederick “C. J.” Sturckow, a four time space shuttle commander and pilot, has become the first from NASA’s astronaut corps to join Virgin Galactic as a test pilot for SpaceShipTwo and WhiteKnightTwo carrier aircraft operations, the emerging...SpaceShipTwo Moves Forward to First Powered Flight
SpaceShipTwo progress is being made in the skies over the Mojave Air and Space Port in California – successful demonstration on April 12th of key components of the system. SpaceShipTwo carried out a “Cold Flow” flight. The test objectives were achieved, and the craft...Book Review: The Final Journey of the Saturn V
The Final Journey of the Saturn V by Andrew R. Thomas and Paul N. Thomarios; Ringtaw Books/Univ. of Akron Press; $24.95 (hard cover); 2012. This is a behind-the-scenes account of preserving an impressive piece of America’s space heritage. To literally boost President...Book Review: 2001 – The Lost Science
2001: The Lost Science by Adam K. Johnson; Apogee Prime; Burlington Ontario, Canada; $49.95 (soft cover); 2012. This large format book adds yet more atmospherics to that already larger-than-life 1968 science fiction movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey, produced and directed...China Space Travelers Head for Heavenly Palace-1
China’s latest, milestone making, space voyage is underway. The June 16th liftoff of the Shenzhou 9 spacecraft placed into Earth orbit a three-person crew that included China’s first female space traveler. China’s astronauts for the flight are: Jing Haipeng, Liu Wang...Europe’s Heaviest Payload Readied for Liftoff (Update)
The largest and heaviest payload ever launched by Europe is slated for departure. A routine inspection, however, has concluded that additional measures are required to ensure the maximum readiness of the third Automated Transfer Vehicle for launch. It has therefore...Space Talk
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