The latest episode from the TMRO.tv Space webcasts: How we will survive out in Space – Orbit 12.13 Engineer Brittany Zimmerman of Paragon Space Development Corporation joins us to talk about the different ways Space wants to kill you. We […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A quick scan of the status of space tourism: ** Suborbital space tourism should finally get underway this year as Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic expect to begin taking “spaceflight participants” to the edge of space and back after they […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A reminder for the upcoming Space Access 2019 meeting: Space Access 2019 Conference The Technology, Business, and Politics of Radically Cheaper Space Transportation at the Fremont Marriott Silicon Valley, April 18-21 SA2019 Conference Presentations Schedule Now Online! This presentations schedule […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This week’s Space to Ground report from NASA about activities related to the International Space Station: On Wednesday, VP Mike Pence and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine talked with the ISS crew from NASA HQ in D.C.: This Week@NASA reports on […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station early this morning. The uncrewed vehicle, which was launched on Saturday morning, approached the station very systematically, carrying out a set of highly choreographed actions to prove that […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Below are videos and images of the launch early this morning of the SpaceX Falcon 9 with the Crew Dragon for the Demonstration 1 mission (DM-1). (Will add more videos as they become available). The first stage landed successfully on […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…
Here is a press release from Virgin Galactic about today’s SpaceShipTwo flight to space: Virgin Galactic Makes Space for Second Time in Ten Weeks with Three On Board, Reaching Higher Altitudes and Faster Speeds, as Flight Test Program Continues Flight […] ↓ 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…
[ Update Feb.20: The test flight has been postponed due to weather issues: Our test flight window opened this morning, but the Mojave weather isn’t cooperating. We plan to try again in the next few days. We’ll keep you posted. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A sampling of items related to traveling to and through space: ** Virgin Galactic pilots Mark ‘Forger’ Stucky and CJ Sturckow received Commercial Astronaut Wings from the FAA for flying to space on SpaceShipTwo: The SpaceShipTwo motor from the flight […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A sampling of space transportation related news and resource items: ** Ariane 5 launches two comm-sats on first mission of 2019: Arianespace orbits two telecommunications satellites on first Ariane 5 launch of 2019 – Arianespace Ariane 5 launches Hellas-Sat-4/SaudiGeoSat-1 and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A sampling of items regarding rockets, spaceships, etc: ** China’s Long March 5, the country’s largest heavy lift rocket, is set to launch again this year : China Plans Return-to-Flight of Long March-5 Booster – LeonardDavid.com An essential launcher for […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today Blue Origin posted this video compilation of highlights of the test flights of the New Shepard: From the caption: The more we fly the better we get. Safety and reliability are paramount. Our rigorous test program with New Shepard […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Apollo 8 mission launched on Dec. 21, 1968 with astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell Jr. and William Anders on board. About two and half hours after liftoff, the S-IV third stage fired for a second time and put their […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In this video, Richard Branson tells his children about his own father and relates his father’s advice on living a good life to the recent SpaceShipTwo flight to the edge of space. The video includes some new footage of the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Some miscellaneous rocket/space related videos: ** The DIY Rocketeer Building SpaceX Replicas of Self-Landing Rockets: A Motherboard profile of Joe Barnard, who is about developing model rockets with vectored thrust and landing capabilities (see posts here and here): Joe Barnard […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…
[ Update: Here is a video released by Virgin Galactic with highlights of the flight: ] This morning two pilots for Virgin Galactic successfully flew SpaceShipTwo “Unity” to over 50 miles (82 km) in altitude. SpaceShipTwo reached: 51.4m 271,268ft 82.7km […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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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