by JVanDomelen | Jun 10, 2016 | Featured, Satellite, Space
June 10, 2016 — A Chinese space lab is bound to come back to Earth soon, but when and where this happens is a matter of debate and speculation. Source: When Will China’s ‘Heavenly Palace’ Space Lab Fall Back to Earth?
by JVanDomelen | May 23, 2016 | Featured, Launch Vehicle, Manned, Space, Unmanned
SRIHARIKOTA, INDIA, May 23, 2016 — Indian Space Research Organization (IRSO) successfully flight tested India’s first winged body aerospace vehicle operating in hypersonic flight regime. In this experimental mission, the HS9 solid rocket booster carrying the...
by JVanDomelen | May 19, 2016 | Featured, Manned, Space
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, May 19, 2016 — The only thing worse than a flying rock chipping your car window is a flying rock chipping your space station window. That’s what you’re seeing in the photo below, taken by British astronaut Tim Peake on the...
by JVanDomelen | May 19, 2016 | Featured, Launch Vehicle, Manned, Space
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, May, 19 2016 — A 154-foot-long external fuel tank built for NASA’s Space Shuttle Program is towed ashore in Marina del Rey, California. On May 21, the fuel tank, dubbed ET-94, will be towed 16.5 miles through Los Angeles to the...
by JVanDomelen | May 16, 2016 | Featured, Launch Vehicle, Space
LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, May 11, 2016 — A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 2:51 p.m. EDT Wednesday, May 11, about 261 miles southwest of Long Beach, California, with more than 3,700 pounds of NASA cargo, science and technology...
by JVanDomelen | May 3, 2016 | Featured, Launch Vehicle, Probe & Rover, Satellite, Space
The ExoMars life-scouting rover mission to Mars will stay on the ground an extra two years. Source: Europe’s Mars Life-Detection Mission Postponed