Today, EXOS Aerospace successfully launched the SARGE reusable sounding rocket on a suborbital flight from Spaceport America near Las Cruces, New Mexico. Haven’t seen any word on the altitude reached. The rocket returned via a paraglider return for a soft […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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SpaceIL Beresheet lunar mission update + iSpace of Japan to launch lunar orbiter and lander
Feb24
on February 24, 2019
at 2:00 pm
SpaceIL‘s Beresheet lunar lander, launched as a secondary payload on a Falcon 9 last Thursday evening, has completed its first engine firing, which will raise the altitude of the perigee (low point) of its highly elliptical orbit around the earth […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Videos: More views of the 2nd Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo spaceflight
Feb24
on February 24, 2019
at 9:00 am
More imagery from Friday’s flight of the SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity (see previous postings here and here): ** Beth Moses enjoys the view from space: ** Flight highlights: ** Post-flight interviews with Moses, Chief Pilot Dave Mackay, Co-Pilot Michael “Sooch” Masucci, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
[ Updates: 12:14 pm EST: Max altitude is reportedly 294,000 feet, or 89.6 km, or 55.7 miles. [Update: 295,007 feet, or 89.9 km, or 55.87 miles.] 12:08 pm EST: The SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity is back safely on the ground after […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Blue Origin flies New Shepard reusable rocket vehicle to edge of space
Jan23
on January 23, 2019
at 11:23 am
Blue Origin today successfully flew a New Shepard reusable suborbital rocket vehicle to over 100 km altitude. There were eight research experiments aboard the capsule, which separated from the booster after its engine ended its burn. The booster made a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Virgin Galactic: Richard Branson hails first SpaceShipTwo spaceflight
Dec13
on December 13, 2018
at 1:45 pm
A release from Virgin Galactic about today’s SpaceShipTwo spaceflight: [ Update: A new video from the flight: ] Richard Branson Welcomes Astronauts Home from Virgin Galactic’s Historic First Spaceflight History has been made and a long-anticipated dream realised in Mojave, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The new company Decron Club will soon begin selling collectible coins made from metals flown in space: Rocket Launch Flight SL-11 leads to the Launching of the Opportunity to Touch Space with Your Own Hands On the day when the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Videos: EXOS Aerospace successfully launches reusable sounding rocket
Aug27
on August 27, 2018
at 9:00 am
The EXOS Aerospace reusable suborbital SARGE rocket launched successfully from Spaceport America on Saturday. (See earlier posting about the project.) The liftoff is at 20:15 in this video. See also the payload capsule returning via a ballute (half balloon, half parachute) between 29:37-30:05, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Launchboxes” provided by Purdue for K-12 student experiments on suborbital spaceflights
Aug01
on August 1, 2018
at 1:11 pm
A Purdue group has developed a simple box for grade school kids to fly experiments on suborbital spaceflights of the Blue Origin New Shepard rocket vehicle: Purdue School Launchboxes available to send school experiments into space Standing less than a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Videos: Highlights of the Blue Origin Mission 9 New Shepard flight
Jul21
on July 21, 2018
at 12:37 pm
Here is a brief video showing highlights of the Blue Origin‘s New Shepard flight on Wednesday: And this video shows some scenes from a pre-launch briefing: An inside look at the Flight Readiness Review leading up to a successful Mission […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A SpaceX Dragon Cargo spaceship will depart from the ISS on Saturday morning. The Dragon was launched by SpaceX from Cape Canaveral on April 2 and berthed to the station April 4th. The vehicle delivered over 2.5 mT of supplies, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here is the first of a new special TMRO.tv series focused on space topics: Keeping fit in the cosmos – Experiment 01.01 – TMRO Welcome to the first official episode of TMRO:Science! Hosted by Lisa Stojanovski, Athena Brensberger and Jade Kim, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here is the latest Space to Ground report from NASA on activities related to the International Space Station: And a video about a muscle tissue experiment on the ISS: Plus a couple of Time-Lapse Videos from NASA’s Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth: […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Guardians of the Galaxy Space Station Challenge to select student experiments for ISS
Jan10
on January 10, 2018
at 11:36 am
A contest opens for students to win an opportunity to send an experiment to the International Space Station: CASIS and Marvel Entertainment Unveil Guardians of the Galaxy Space Station Challenge — Challenge Allows Students Ages 13-18 to Submit Flight Concepts […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Some big commercial launch hardware has been on display this week: ** Elon Musk on Twitter posted photos of the first Falcon Heavy launcher in preparation in the hangar for a launch from Kennedy Space Center in January : ** […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Videos: Dragon berths to the ISS + Russian Soyuz with 3 new ISS crew members + “Space to Ground” report
Dec17
on December 17, 2017
at 1:09 pm
This morning the SpaceX Dragon cargo vehicle that launched on Friday from Cape Canaveral caught up with the International Space Station (ISS) and was captured by a robotic arm under the control of NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Videos: SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Dragon cargo ship to the ISS; Reused booster lands successfully
Dec15
on December 15, 2017
at 11:31 am
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket just launched a Dragon spacecraft into orbit this morning to deliver cargo to the International Space Station. The Dragon is carrying over 4,800 pounds (2177 kg) of research materials and equipment plus supplies for the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Kickstarter for STEM program with experiments for students to compare with results on ISS
Nov09
on November 9, 2017
at 2:41 pm
A Kickstarter has opened to back a program to let students run crystal and microbe growing experiments on the ground to compare with similar experiments on the International Space Station: Kickstarter for STEM Education Program in Space Announced Xtronaut, NanoRacks, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This week’s Space to Ground report from NASA on news about the International Space Station: === For the kids, check out the International Space Station Activity Book (pdf). === A video about a miniature DNA sequencer used by NASA on the ISS: […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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ZERO-G sends the message below about university research projects flown on the companies Boeing 727 that provides periods of weightlessness by flying parabolic trajectories. ZERO-G Research Flights Advance Technology for Future Deep-Space Missions As Part of NASA’s Flight Opportunities Program, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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