Rocket Lab successfully launched an Electron rocket last night (US time) and put 7 small satellites into low earth orbit (see also earlier posting): Rocket Lab reaches orbit again, deploys more satellites | Rocket Lab – The satellites included: 2 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Several rocket launches around the world are scheduled for the next couple of weeks. Most of these will be webcast. ** Rocket Lab Electron – Nov.10/11, 10 p.m.-2 a.m. EST (0300-0700 GMT on 11th) – Rocket Lab is ready to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Rocket Lab is scheduled to launch the third Electron rocket from New Zealand on Sunday, November 11th, during a window between 16:00 – 20:00 NZDT (12:00 – 4:00 am EST) [Whoops, miscalculated. Actual time is 10 pm EST Nov.10 – […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
At a symposium held this week by AOPA (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association) dealing with the organization’s high school STEM initiatives, there was an on-stage interview with SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell by Iridium CEO Matt Desch: SpaceX President and COO […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from the Vandenberg AFB on Sunday night with an Argentine radar earth observation satellite. The satellite was successfully placed into a low earth polar orbit. The rocket created a marvelous light show over Southern […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Scott Manley explains why companies like Blue Origin and SpaceX are developing big methane rocket engines: Here is a video of Blue’s big BE-4 liquid natural gas engine: And here is the SpaceX Raptor methane fueled engine in action: ==== […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yesterday an Ariane V rocket lifted off on the 100th mission of the program, sending two communications satellites towards their slots in geostationary orbit. 100th Ariane 5 launch a success, orbiting two satellites for Intelsat, SKY Perfect JSAT and Azercosmos – Arianespace […] ↓ 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…
Videos: Delta II launches NASA ICESat-2 + Indian PSLV launches two earth observation satellites
Sep16
This weekend, three earth observation spacecraft were sent into orbit by two different rockets. On Saturday morning the final launch of a Delta II rocket sent the Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite or ICESat-2 into a polar orbit, the spacecraft will use lasers and a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Chinese rocket company OneSpace launched a OS-X suborbital rocket on Thursday powered by a solid-fueled motor, which typically produce more rapid acceleration than liquid-fueled engines. The launch was captured in a remarkable video by a Chinese imaging satellite: Here’s […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
** Space Mike reviews rocket launches around the world during August: ** The Everyday Astronaut (Tim Dodd) gives a tour of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft: ** Scott Manley explains “Why Rocket Exhausts Look The Way They Do”: ====
Videos: The Nexø II story + The Mars Helicopter + Commercial Crew test flights + Dream Chaser update
Sep02
More videos: ** The full story of the Nexø II mission August 2018 – Highlights of the recent rocket launch by the all-volunteer Copenhagen Suborbital group: On August 4th 2018 we successfully launched the Nexø II rocket. Nexø II is Copenhagen […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Videos: EXOS Aerospace successfully launches reusable sounding rocket
Aug27
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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…
This Saturday at Spaceport America in New Mexico, EXOS Aerospace will attempt the first launch of the company’s reusable suborbital sounding rocket, which has the title SARGE (Suborbital Autonomous Rocket with GuidancE) . The rocket will be carrying payloads for student […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Videos: New Glenn animation + Global rocket race + Space communicators + SpaceX’s Gwynne Shotwell
Aug19
A selection of space related videos: ** New Glenn: Blue Origin’s Big Reusable Rocket – YouTube – A nice animation of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket, including the return and landing of the first stage onto a ship platform at sea. […] ↓ 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 latest episode of TMRO.tv‘s Space weekly live show is now available in the archive: The Space Shuttle you never knew about – Orbit 11.31 – TMRO We are joined by Chuck Ryan who built the shuttle simulator ‘Resolution’ to talk […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Early this morning, a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket successfully launched NASA’s Parker Solar Probe from Cape Canaveral on a unique mission to study the Sun’s corona up close NASA, ULA Launch Parker Solar Probe on Historic Journey to Touch Sun | […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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