Category Archives: Rockets

Interview with Dmitriy Tseliakhovich about microwave beamed propulsion

On the Space Show on Sunday, Dr. Dmitriy Tseliakhovich, CEO & CTO of Escape Dynamics, discussed “their work on making microwave beamed propulsion possible for space launch”:  Dr. Dmitriy Tseliakhovich, Sunday, 6-9-13 – Thespaceshow’s Blog

Copenhagen Suborbitals: Tycho Deep Space II capsule update

Copenhagen Suborbitals posts a video report on development status and coming work for their Tycho Deep Space II capsule: Past and Future Work on a Third Generation DIY Space Capsule – Wired Science/Wired.com

Project Morpheus vehicle test

The NASA JSC Project Morpheus project carried out a tethered test flight of their vertical takeoff and landing vehicle on Thursday:

The Rocket Company: Chapters 7-10

In the continuing serialization of the updated version of the book The Rocket Company by Patrick J. G. Stiennon and David M. Hoerr, with illustrations by Doug Birkholz.  This week you can obtain the following chapters of the book:

Download these within the next week. Only four chapters will be available at any one time.

See also the electronic version of the updated book is available at  The Rocket Company eBook by Patrick Stiennon, David Hoerr, Peter Diamandis, Doug Birkhol: Kindle Store/Amazon.com.

Copenhagen Suborbitals: Moving to a new hangar

Copenhagen Suborbitals is moving into a big new space to work on their big new rocket: Copenhagen Suborbitals: We are going to look like SpaceX – ink.dk (Google Translate)

“The hangar at Refshaleøen has become too small for rocket builders Copenhagen Suborbitals. Now there must be room for really big rockets”