by JVanDomelen | Jun 7, 2017 | Air, Featured, Fixed Wing, Launch Vehicle, Manned, Probe & Rover, Rotary Wing, Satellite, Space
Get the latest buzz on twitter about Paris Air Show 2017! This geek will be there, will you? Be sure to come back everyday of the show to follow the adventures of the MilAeroGeek. #PAS17Paris Air Show@salondubourget·19 NovEt en plus, il vole ! 🦅 Merci pour ce...
by JVanDomelen | Jul 18, 2016 | Featured, Launch Vehicle, Manned, Probe & Rover, Satellite, Space
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, July 18, 2016 — A novel three-dimensional solar cell design developed at Georgia Tech will soon get its first testing in space aboard the International Space Station. An experimental module containing 20 test cells was launched to the ISS on...
by JVanDomelen | Jul 5, 2016 | Featured, Probe & Rover, Space
After an almost five-year journey to the solar system’s largest planet, NASA’s Juno spacecraft successfully entered Jupiter’s orbit during a 35-minute engine burn. Confirmation that the burn had completed was received on Earth at 8:53 p.m. PDT (11:53 p.m. EDT)...
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
by JVanDomelen | Mar 14, 2016 | Featured, Launch Vehicle, Probe & Rover, Satellite, Space
ExoMars 2016 liftoff on a Proton-M rocket from Baikonur, Kazakhstan at 09:31 GMT on 14 March 2016.
by JVanDomelen | Dec 18, 2015 | Featured, Probe & Rover, Space
NASA’s next Mars spacecraft has arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, for final preparations before a launch scheduled in March 2016 and a landing on Mars six months later. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, built and tested the spacecraft and...
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