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…
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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…
NASA introduced this week the latest group of astronaut candidates: NASA Astronauts Homepage | NASA Here current astronauts welcome the new class:
Yesterday a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a spysat for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) from Kennedy Space Center. The first stage returned for a successful landing at the Cape. Here are some photos and videos of the launch and […] ↓ 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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On Monday, two Russian cosmonauts and a US astronaut returned to earth from the ISS in a Soyuz capsule: Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough of NASA and Soyuz Commander Sergey Ryzhikov and Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos landed safely […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The latest episode of TMRO.tv is now in the archive: Suborbital is just the first step – Orbit 10.13 – TMRO – CEO of Virgin Galactic and Virgin Orbit joins to talk about their plans for suborbital flights, orbital payloads and touches […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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SpaceX today successfully launched a communications satellite into orbit and also flew the first stage booster back down for a safe landing onto a floating platform at sea. This launch and landing are historic because the booster had flown once […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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SpaceX announced on Monday that two private persons will ride a Crew Dragon spacecraft launched by a Falcon Heavy on a trip around the Moon. The target date for the flight is late 2018. TMRO.tv‘s Lisa Stojanovsk gives an overview of the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Space Nation Astronaut Program – train for a chance to go to space
Feb06
on February 6, 2017
at 1:41 pm
The Space Nation Astronaut Program aims to involve the public in space flight. Their first initiative is a space flight training app for cell phones with which people all around the world can compete in challenges to gain a deeper understanding of space […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Video: Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket demonstrates safe in-flight abort
Oct06
on October 6, 2016
at 12:52 pm
Blue Origin, the space company owned by Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos, flew their New Shepard reusable suborbital rocket yesterday. The goal was to test the abort system for the crew capsule. At about 45 seconds after liftoff, the crew capsule […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Blue Origin, the space company owned by Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com fame, flew their New Shepard reusable suborbital rocket vehicle for the third time last Saturday. The rocket takes off with the rocket booster and crew capsule connected together but just above […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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This article explains how the OK Go music video for Upside Down & Inside Out (see earlier post) was made using a Russian aircraft flying parabolic trajectories: How OK Go Made That Amazing Zero-G Video – Jalopnik. This video also is […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Here’s a cool music video of the song Upside Down & Inside Out from the band OK Go. It was filmed on a S7 Airlines aircraft flying a series of parabolic trajectories, which provide periods of 20-25 seconds of weightlessness. [ Update: This is the third […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
NASA JPL and Invisible Creature Speaks have released a set of three gorgeous retro-art style space tourism themed posters: New Work: Visions Of The Future for NASA – Invisible Creature – These 3 commissioned pieces are part of JPL’s Visions Of The Future 2016 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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