by JVanDomelen | Jun 29, 2018 | Featured, Launch Vehicle, Space
SpaceX in Hawthorne, Calif., launched its 15th Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-15) to the International Space Station (ISS) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Fla. on 29 June 2018 at 5:42 a.m. EDT. The Dragon...
by JVanDomelen | Jun 30, 2017 | Featured, Launch Vehicle, Satellite, Space
Taxpayers are complaining about the costs of individual satellite/space launches, but most are unaware of additional subsidies. For instance, ULA is on track to receive roughly $1 billion in FY17, $1.2 billion in FY18, and a total of roughly $12 billion since 2006 to...
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 | 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 | Apr 27, 2016 | Featured, Launch Vehicle, Satellite, Space
TUSCON, ARIZONA, April 26, 2016 — Vector Space Systems, a Micro Satellite space launch enterprise comprised of new-space industry veterans from SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, McDonnell Douglas and Sea Launch, today announced it has secured more than $1M in angel...