Category: spaceflight

NASA spacecraft will use fuel that’s safer for humans

Post author By Randall
Post date June 11, 2019
Categories In aerojet rocketdyne, air force research laboratory, environment, fuel, gear, gpim, green, green propellant infusion mission, Nasa, rocket, Science, Space, spaceflight, Tech

[ad_1] Here’s the kicker: it’s also more powerful. NASA says the safer fuel offers about 50 percent better performance, so you can either go farther on the same fuel or reduce the amount of fuel you need to carry on a given mission. That could be particularly useful for missions to the Moon and Mars, […]

NASA picks first commercial landing partners for return to the Moon

Post author By Randall
Post date May 31, 2019
Categories In artemis, astrobotic, gear, intuitive machines, Moon, Nasa, orbitbeyond, Politics, Science, Space, spaceflight, Tech

[ad_1] Every partner will provide “end-to-end” services like integration, launch and operations. And while each of the companies has proposed flying particular equipment, NASA will decide the exact payloads for each flight before the end of the summer. The possible devices will cover everything from general science through to human landing-oriented tasks like identifying the […]

Trump administration proposes another $1.6 billion for Moon efforts

Post author By Randall
Post date May 13, 2019
Categories In budget, Donald Trump, gear, government, jim bridenstine, Moon, Nasa, Politics, Space, spaceflight, Tech, Video

[ad_1] The amended budget will need to clear both sides of Congress before it can take effect. Whether or that happens isn’t certain. This assumes no objections to the budget that lead to it dying in the House or the Senate, whether or not they pertain to spaceflight — a wholly independent issue could sink […]

NASA wants your memories of the Apollo 11 Moon landing

Post author By Randall
Post date May 12, 2019
Categories In apollo 11, crowdsourcing, gear, history, Moon, moon landing, Nasa, Space, spaceflight, Tech

[ad_1] You have until the end of 2019 to submit recordings, although you’ll have your “best chance” of making it into the official audio series if you send your file before June 14th. Longer clips may be reserved for the web or social networks. There’s a certain amount of publicity in this for NASA, especially […]

US and Luxembourg sign ‘space commerce’ pact

Post author By Randall
Post date May 10, 2019
Categories In agreement, asteroid mining, commerce department, department of commerce, gear, government, luxembourg, memorandum, memorandum of understanding, Politics, Space, spaceflight, Tech

[ad_1] The US Commerce Department tempered expectations somewhat by noting that this is ultimately a “vehicle” for team-ups rather than a formal alliance. As a member of the European Union, Luxembourg can only realistically do so much without involving its EU neighbors. Still, it won’t be surprising if space commerce gets a significant boost through […]

First private Japanese rocket reaches space

Post author By Randall
Post date May 5, 2019
Categories In gear, interstellar technologies, japan, momo-3, rocket, Space, spaceflight, Tech, Video

[ad_1] Japan can finally include itself among the ranks of countries with successful private spaceflight outfits. Interstellar Technologies has successfully launched its MOMO-3 sounding rocket into space, with the vehicle easily crossing the Kárm&aa… [ad_2] Source link

SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule suffers ‘anomaly’ in testing

Post author By Randall
Post date April 21, 2019
Categories In anomaly, capsule, commercial crew program, Crew Dragon, gear, Nasa, Space, spaceflight, Spacex, Tech

[ad_1] The company had been gearing up for a mission abort test that would have fired all eight of Crew Dragon’s SuperDraco engines in mid-launch, showing that the capsule could get away from its host rocket in an emergency. That test was supposed to take place in June, but it’s not certain this will happen […]

SpaceIL plans second private Moon lander despite crash

Post author By Randall
Post date April 13, 2019
Categories In beresheet, beresheet 2.0, gear, israel, lander, Moon, moon lander, Space, spaceflight, spaceil, Tech, Video

[ad_1] SpaceIL's first attempt at a private Moon landing didn't go according to plan. However, that isn't deterring the team from giving it another shot. Founder Morris Khan has announced that the team will build another Beresheet lander and "complete the… [ad_2] Source link

Stratolaunch completes the first flight of the world’s largest airplane

Post author By Randall
Post date April 13, 2019
Categories In aircraft, flight, gear, paul allen, scaled composites, Space, spaceflight, stratolaunch, Tech, Transportation

[ad_1] The aircraft is central to the late Paul Allen’s vision for Stratolaunch when he started the company in 2011. In many ways, it’s a larger parallel to Virgin Galactic’s White Knight Two. It’s meant to reduce the costs of spaceflight by ferrying rockets to an altitude of 35,000 feet and making it easier to […]

Privately-owned Moon lander crashes in historic attempt

Post author By Randall
Post date April 11, 2019
Categories In beresheet, gear, israel, lander, lro, lunar reconnaissance orbiter, Moon, Nasa, Space, spacecraft, spaceflight, spaceil, Tech

[ad_1] SpaceIL was one of the finalists competing for Google’s Lunar Xprize. That challenge ended without a winner, but SpaceIL joined others in persevering. Even with the crash, Israel is been part of a very exclusive club — it’s only the fourth country to put a vehicle on the Moon (in one state or another) […]