Some of the presentations at the most recent International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2018) have been posted on Youtube. Here is a sampling: ** Reusability: The Key to Reliability and Affordability – Hans Koenigsmann, SpaceX [ Oct.29.2018: For some reason, this […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Blue Origin video: “Millions of people living and working in space”
Oct26
on October 26, 2018
at 12:00 pm
I recently posted here about large rotating in-space habitats that could provide earth-like environments for large numbers of residents to live and prosper. In a new video, Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com, describes the efforts of his company […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The latest episode of TMRO.tv looked at the SpaceX announcement of a private passenger flight around the Moon: Why send artists to the moon on BFR? #dearMoon – TMRO.tv This week we have an epic panel to talk about the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A couple of interesting and informative videos about the SpaceX BFR and the lunar fly-by announced on Monday: ** “Why does SpaceX keep changing the BFR?” – Tim Dodd, the Everyday Astronaut: Elon Musk updated the world with the plans for […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
On Monday evening at the SpaceX HQ in Hawthorne, Calfornia, Elon Musk introduced billionaire entrepreneur and art collector Yusaku Maezawa, as the mystery space tourist who has reserved a BFR (Big Falcon Rocket) for a flyby trip around the Moon. (See previous posting.) […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Tonight Sept. 17, 2018, at 6:00 pm PDT (9:00 pm EDT), SpaceX will hold an event to lay out the company’s plan to fly a private passenger around the Moon on the next-generation, fully-reusable Big “Falcon” Rocket or BFR. According […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mattel offers Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser spaceplane as Matchbox toy
Sep17
on September 17, 2018
at 4:39 pm
Sierra Nevada plans to start delivering cargo to the International Space Station with uncrewed Dream Chaser spaceplanes In 2020. A crew version of the Dream Chaser could fly sometime later in the next decade. Here is a new toy Dream […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
** Paul Wooster of SpaceX talked at the recent Mars Society conference about the company’s plans for sending people to Mars by 2024: ** SpaceX’s Spacesuit, up close and personal – Tim Dodd, the Everyday Astronaut, describes SpaceX spacesuits during […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The astronauts who will fly on the first Boeing and SpaceX commercial crew missions to the International Space Station were introduced by NASA to the public earlier this month (see posting here). On Monday, SpaceX held a press event at the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The non-profit, all-volunteer group Copenhagen Suborbitals today successfully launched their Nexø II rocket from a floating platform in the Baltic Sea. The liquid fueled propulsion system appeared to work well and the rocket returned via parachute for a soft splashdown. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
NASA is announcing today the selection of astronauts who will fly to the International Space Station on the Boeing Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon transports, which are scheduled to make the first crew launches next year. The event is webcast from […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
On Thursday, the Virgin Galactic‘s VSS Unity rocketplane reached Mach 2.47 in speed and 52 kilometers in altitude on the vehicle’s third test flight with the hybrid motor firing. This video shows highlights of the test: If the program continues […] ↓ 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…
Virgin Galactic is carrying out a series of test flights of the VSS Unity suborbital rocketplane. Each test is going faster and higher with the aim of reaching space (greater than 80 km height as they define it) before the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Videos: Blue Origin New Shepard reaches new max altitude on latest test flight
Apr30
on April 30, 2018
at 8:30 am
On Sunday, Blue Origin flew an un-crewed New Shepard fully reusable rocket vehicle to 107 kilometers (351,000 feet or 66.5 miles), well above the internationally recognized border to space. Before reaching apogee the system split into two parts – the booster […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
John W. Young, one of the most accomplished astronauts in US history, passed away today at the age of 87. He flew two Gemini missions, two Apollo missions including a landing on the Moon as commander of Apollo 16, and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Been a busy week for NewSpace rockets. On Tuesday morning Blue Origin, the space company owned by Jeff Bezos, launched its second-generation New Shepard rocket, which sent an unmanned crew capsule to nearly 100 km. The capsule separated from the booster […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Loren Grush, who reports on spaceflight at The Verge, has started a video series called Star Craft. Here are the first set of shows: ** “In the season premiere of our new show Space Craft, Loren Grush tries on innovative […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Last night a Russian Soyuz spacecraft landed with two US astronauts and a cosmonaut returning from long stays on the ISS: NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, who set multiple U.S. space records during her mission aboard the International Space Station, along with crewmates Jack […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s been 48 years since humans first walked on the Moon and 45 years too long since humans walked on the Moon. July 20, 1969: One Giant Leap For Mankind July 1969. It’s a little over eight years since the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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