• Water Balloons in Space

    Updated: 2012-06-30 23:34:34
    As part of his ongoing (and always entertaining) “Science Off the Sphere” series, Expedition 31 flight engineer Don Pettit experiments in orbit with a classic bit of summertime fun: water balloons. Captured in real-time and slow-motion, we get to see how water behaves when suddenly freed from the restraints of an inflated latex balloon… and [...]

  • Video: SPG Tests Advanced Hybrid Rocket Motor

    Updated: 2012-06-30 22:55:07
    Space Propulsion Group, Inc. (SPG) today successfully completed a major technology development test of its 22-inch-diameter, Liquid Oxygen/paraffin-based advanced hybrid rocket motor. This cutting-edge hybrid propulsion technology has practical applications for numerous space-related industries, including transportation, defense, suborbital research and tourism. read more

  • Titanic Ocean?

    Updated: 2012-06-30 03:34:15
    Could Well Be! The more we explore the outer solar system with probes like the Cassini spacecraft, the cooler things we discover. This week planetary scientists working with data from that spacecraft announced that there’s a good chance Saturn’s moon Titan has a layer of liquid water hidden beneath that desolate icy surface. The discovery came from [...]

  • Super Secret Spy Satellite Soars Spectacularly to Space on Delta 4 Heavy Booster

    Updated: 2012-06-30 00:52:02
    Image caption: An upgraded Delta 4 Heavy rocket and super secret spy satellite roar off pad 37 on June 29, 2012 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Credit: Ken Kremer A super secret spy satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) soared spectacularly to space today aboard a Delta 4 Heavy Booster - America’s most powerful rocket [...]

  • What’s Your Favorite Planet?

    Updated: 2012-06-30 00:44:49
    Mars? Jupiter? Pluto (regardless of its label?) Watch this video, assembled by 18-year-old Tomislav Safundžic from Croatia, and you just might be reminded that it’s Earth. All original images courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center, via The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. Music by The XX. © Jason [...]

  • Smoking Wildfires Seen From Space

    Updated: 2012-06-30 00:17:03
    Wildfires continue to rage across the western United States, burning forests and property alike, and even the most remote have sent up enormous plumes of smoke that are plainly visible to astronauts aboard the Space Station. The photo above was taken by an Expedition 31 crew member on June 27, showing thick smoke drifting northeast [...]

  • Video: Kennedy Space Center 50th Anniversary

    Updated: 2012-06-29 18:27:12
    On July 1, 1962, the Launch Operations Center in Florida officially became operational. The name was later changed to John F. Kennedy Space Center in honor of the president and his vision of Americans visiting the Moon. This video looks back at the many launches and space exploration highlights that occurred at KSC, so enjoy [...]

  • Kennedy Space Center at 50

    Updated: 2012-06-29 16:21:16
    <a href="http://spaceref.com/missions-and-programs/nasa/kennedy-space-center-50th-anniversary-video.html"Kennedy Space Center 50th Anniversary Video, NASA KSC "To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) NASA has released this video montage of highlights. From Kennedy's speech, Glen's Friendship 7 flight, the Apollo years, unmaned launches, the Shuttle era and through to the transformation of KSC for the next era of U.S. human spaceflight, watch it all."

  • China's Success

    Updated: 2012-06-29 13:31:30
    Home SpaceRef Commercial Space Watch OnOrbit NASA Hack Space SpaceRef Canada Astrobiology Newsletter This is not a NASA Website . You might learn something . It's YOUR space agency . Get involved . Take it back . Make it work for YOU . Important Disclaimer nasawatch spaceref.com Voice 1.703.787.6567 RSS Feed Twitter Advertising Archives Support Popular : Categories Budget Congress Commercialization Election 2012 ISS News Policy China's Success By Keith Cowing on June 29, 2012 9:31 AM View Comments China's giant , quiet step in space Leroy Chiao , CNN I have seen China's space technology . It is impressive . What the Chinese lack is operational experience . In that , we are still far ahead . But we in the know hear footsteps . It's time not for another government space race , but for

  • "Galaxy" Fans: Geeks & Techies --We Need 5 Minutes of Your Time!

    Updated: 2012-06-29 10:00:00
    Please help us by filling out a cool consumer tech survey that will help us bring in ad $ so we can bring you the "Galaxy" daily. You'll also have a shot at winning an iPad. Just click here --it...

  • Shenzhou 9 returns to Earth

    Updated: 2012-06-29 09:23:58
    SHENZHOU 9 re-entered Earth's atmosphere and landed in Siziwang Banner county in Inner Mongolia at 0202 GMT on 29 June. The crew were reported to be in good health after their mission.

  • Photo: Space Station Solar Arrays Catch a Sunrise

    Updated: 2012-06-29 03:47:00
    The sun "peeking" through a solar array panel on the International Space Station caught the attention of one of the Expedition 31 crew members aboard the International Space Station. The thin blue line of Earth's atmosphere is visible in the background. ISS031-E-112645 (6 June 2012) --- high res (1.4 M) low res (85 K)

  • Photo: Zero Robotics (SPHERES ZR) Flying Inside the Space Station

    Updated: 2012-06-29 03:30:40
    Two bowling-ball-sized free-flying satellites called Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites Zero Robotics (SPHERES ZR) are pictured during a test session in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station. ISS031-E-140672 (22 June 2012) --- high res (1.6 M) low res (91 K)

  • Photo: FIres in Wyoming Range As Seen From Space

    Updated: 2012-06-29 03:26:28
    An Expedition 31 crew member aboard the International Space Station, flying approximately 240 miles above Earth, recorded a series of images of the current wild fires in the southwestern United States. These particular fires, of unknown cause, are burning at the south end of the Wyoming Range in southwestern Wyoming, and have affected 17,000 acres. read more

  • NASA Denies Mike Griffin's Claims About GRC Cuts

    Updated: 2012-06-28 20:38:18
    Home SpaceRef Commercial Space Watch OnOrbit NASA Hack Space SpaceRef Canada Astrobiology Newsletter This is not a NASA Website . You might learn something . It's YOUR space agency . Get involved . Take it back . Make it work for YOU . Important Disclaimer nasawatch spaceref.com Voice 1.703.787.6567 RSS Feed Twitter Advertising Archives Support Popular : Categories Budget Congress Commercialization Election 2012 ISS News Policy NASA Denies Mike Griffin's Claims About GRC Cuts By Keith Cowing on June 28, 2012 4:38 PM View Comments NASA rebuts Cuyahoga County GOP claim of pending cuts at Cleveland's Glenn Research Center The Republican group's news release also cited former NASA administrator Mike Griffin as a source on the layoffs . The fact that the Obama administration is seriously

  • Thais Think That NASA Wants To Spy On Them (Update)

    Updated: 2012-06-28 20:13:50
    Home SpaceRef Commercial Space Watch OnOrbit NASA Hack Space SpaceRef Canada Astrobiology Newsletter This is not a NASA Website . You might learn something . It's YOUR space agency . Get involved . Take it back . Make it work for YOU . Important Disclaimer nasawatch spaceref.com Voice 1.703.787.6567 RSS Feed Twitter Advertising Archives Support Popular : Categories Budget Congress Commercialization Election 2012 ISS News Policy Thais Think That NASA Wants To Spy On Them Update By Keith Cowing on June 28, 2012 4:13 PM View Comments Nasa says study open to inspection Bangkot Post After fears were raised that the plan might be a cover for a spying mission Hal Maring , the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration's lead planner for the project , issued the invitation . He told the

  • NAC Technology & Innovation Committee: Do As We Say, Not As We Do

    Updated: 2012-06-28 16:27:12
    : , Home SpaceRef Commercial Space Watch OnOrbit NASA Hack Space SpaceRef Canada Astrobiology Newsletter This is not a NASA Website . You might learn something . It's YOUR space agency . Get involved . Take it back . Make it work for YOU . Important Disclaimer nasawatch spaceref.com Voice 1.703.787.6567 RSS Feed Twitter Advertising Archives Support Popular : Categories Budget Congress Commercialization Election 2012 ISS News Policy NAC Technology Innovation Committee : Do As We Say , Not As We Do By Keith Cowing on June 28, 2012 12:27 PM View Comments Keith's : note If you look over at the calendar on the right side of NASA Watch you'll note that the NASA Advisory Council and all of its committees are meeting toward the end of July . NASA has expanded the audience for these public meetings

  • ATK Liberty Updates

    Updated: 2012-06-28 16:01:21
    ATK Makes Progress with the Liberty Launch System, Commercial Space Watch (With video) "In a trio of media releases ATK announced today that is has signed a deal with NanoRacks, completed a milestone for its contract with NASA for the Commercial Crew Development Program (CCDev) and that partner EADS Astrium has completed tests on tank structures for the Liberty rocket second stage."

  • B612 Foundation Announces First Privately Funded Deep Space Mission

    Updated: 2012-06-28 15:25:18
    Saturday , June 30, 2012 About On Orbit Advertise Here Contact Information Feedback Log Out Home Blogs Features Recent Posts B612 Foundation Announces First Privately Funded Deep Space Mission Submitted by keithcowing on Thu , 06 28 2012 07:25. Planetary Science In a press conference at the California Academy of Sciences Thursday morning , the B612 Foundation unveiled its plans to build , launch , and operate the first privately funded deep space mission SENTINEL a space telescope to be placed in orbit around the Sun , ranging up to 170 million miles from Earth , for a mission of discovery and mapping . The Foundation leadership and technical team include some of the most experienced professionals in the world to lead this . effort The orbits of the inner solar system where Earth lies are

  • Weather Satellite Delays and Cost Overruns

    Updated: 2012-06-28 14:43:13
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  • Shenzhou 9 undocks safely

    Updated: 2012-06-28 14:26:44
    The Chinese manned spacecraft Shenzhou 9 has undocked from the Tiangong 1 mini-space station/laboratory. ith its two man and one woman crew board, and hatches closed, the spacecraft made a manual undocking at 0122 GMT on 28 June. nbsp; The crew and spacecraft are expected to re-enter and land on 29 June.

  • B612 Foundation Announces SENTINEL Mission

    Updated: 2012-06-28 14:20:36
    B612 Foundation Announces First Privately Funded Deep Space Mission "In a press conference at the California Academy of Sciences Thursday morning, the B612 Foundation unveiled its plans to build, launch, and operate the first privately funded deep space mission - SENTINEL - a space telescope to be placed in orbit around the Sun, ranging up to 170 million miles from Earth, for a mission of discovery and mapping."

  • MDA buys Space Systems/Loral but will commercial market still be there?

    Updated: 2012-06-28 09:41:01
    FlightGlobal.com Privacy Cookies Privacy Cookies Home News My FG Research Aircraft Jobs AirSpace Images Cutaways Historic Air shows More Search this blog Subscribe by E-mail Google Translate Recent Entries Shenzhou 9 undocks safely MDA buys Space Systems Loral but will commercial market still be there Comment : Space X Merlin 1D is not quite the most efficient rocket engine ever China's Shenzhou 9 manned spacecraft undocks and redocks with Tiangong 1 to prove manual option Space Tourism Conference : Orbital tourism goes lunar Vote : coolest-ever spacecraft Intelsat 19 not out of the woods as it has power loss on damaged array Debris , interference and SLS pad became main Space Ops talking points Intelsat 19 finally gets its second solar array out X-37B OTV 2 mini-shuttle lands at

  • CASIS: It Takes More Than Golf to Utilize the ISS

    Updated: 2012-06-28 03:52:13
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  • White House Responds to NASA Budget Increase Petition

    Updated: 2012-06-27 23:54:59
    Home SpaceRef Commercial Space Watch OnOrbit NASA Hack Space SpaceRef Canada Astrobiology Newsletter This is not a NASA Website . You might learn something . It's YOUR space agency . Get involved . Take it back . Make it work for YOU . Important Disclaimer nasawatch spaceref.com Voice 1.703.787.6567 RSS Feed Twitter Advertising Archives Support Popular : Categories Budget Congress Commercialization Election 2012 ISS News Policy White House Responds to NASA Budget Increase Petition By Keith Cowing on June 27, 2012 7:54 PM View Comments At least double NASA's annual budget to one penny for every government dollar spent Petition , We The People , White House Tomorrow is gone without NASA . Please at least double NASA's annual budget , and continue to support the most inspirational program in

  • Survey: Obama Would Protect Earth From Angry ETs Better Than Romney

    Updated: 2012-06-27 18:19:01
    : Home SpaceRef Commercial Space Watch OnOrbit NASA Hack Space SpaceRef Canada Astrobiology Newsletter This is not a NASA Website . You might learn something . It's YOUR space agency . Get involved . Take it back . Make it work for YOU . Important Disclaimer nasawatch spaceref.com Voice 1.703.787.6567 RSS Feed Twitter Advertising Archives Support Popular : Categories Budget Congress Commercialization Election 2012 ISS News Policy Survey : Obama Would Protect Earth From Angry ETs Better Than Romney By Keith Cowing on June 27, 2012 2:19 PM View Comments Two-Thirds of Americans Think Barack Obama Is Better Suited to Handle an Alien Invasion Than Mitt Romney In regards to national security , nearly two-thirds 65 of Americans think Barack Obama would be better suited than fellow presidential

  • Image: Mauritania As Seen From the International Space Station

    Updated: 2012-06-27 17:34:56
    Mauritania as photograph by International Space Station astronaut Andre Kuipers on 10 May 2012 using a Nikon D2Xs. Larger image

  • Teachers: help your kids detect cosmic rays

    Updated: 2012-06-27 17:30:59
    : Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS The galaxy that shouldn’t be there Virtual Star Party featured at big Google+ meeting Teachers : help your kids detect cosmic rays One thing I like to see is kids getting their hands on doing science . There’s something about being involved with something , actually doing it for yourself , that gives you a sense of ownership over the knowledge , makes you part of something . bigger Here’s another chance to do that for students across the world : the ERGO telescope project ERGO stands for Energetic Ray Global Observatory and the idea is to build simple cosmic-ray detectors

  • Image: View Inside Zarya Module of the International Space Station

    Updated: 2012-06-27 17:19:28
    Functional Cargo Block, FGB, Zarya. The oldest part of the Station. In space since 1998. This photo was taken on May 16, 2012 by International Space Station astronaut Andre Kuipers using a Nikon D2Xs. Credit: ESA/NASA Larger image

  • Image: Lightning Flash in Africa As Seen From the International Space Station

    Updated: 2012-06-27 17:15:34
    During each nighttime pass we can see many lightning flashes. This one over West Africa. This photo was taken on June 4, 2012 by International Space Station astronaut Andre Kuipers using a Nikon D3S. Credit: ESA/NASA Larger image

  • NASA Tweaks Flight Path of Mars Science Lab --On Track for August 5th Touchdown at Gale Crater

    Updated: 2012-06-27 15:45:00
    On Tuesday, NASA adjusted the flight path of Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft on for delivering the rover Curiosity to a landing target at Gale Crater.The car-size, one-ton rover is bound for arrival the evening of Aug. 5, 2012, PDT (early...

  • Baroness Worthington at the US Space and Rocket Center

    Updated: 2012-06-27 03:09:44
    Several weeks ago Baroness Bryony Worthington of the House of Lords in the United Kingdom came to visit Flibe Energy in Huntsville, and as we in Huntsville are wont to do, we took her to the US Space and Rocket Center, where I gave her a guided tour of America’s race to the Moon. I [...]

  • CASIS & ISS National Lab: Still Ignoring Their Own Stuff

    Updated: 2012-06-26 15:27:31
    : Home SpaceRef Commercial Space Watch OnOrbit NASA Hack Space SpaceRef Canada Astrobiology Newsletter This is not a NASA Website . You might learn something . It's YOUR space agency . Get involved . Take it back . Make it work for YOU . Important Disclaimer nasawatch spaceref.com Voice 1.703.787.6567 RSS Feed Twitter Advertising Archives Support Popular : Categories Budget Congress Commercialization Election 2012 ISS News Policy CASIS ISS National Lab : Still Ignoring Their Own Stuff By Keith Cowing on June 26, 2012 11:27 AM View Comments Space : The New Frontier For Medical Breakthroughs US News World Report Deadly bacteria that have spent time in space are already on Earth--but instead of killing humans , they might just save lives . Scientists are using bacteria cultivated on the

  • Video: Everyone Wants To Go (Back) To The Moon

    Updated: 2012-06-26 14:53:39
    : Home SpaceRef Commercial Space Watch OnOrbit NASA Hack Space SpaceRef Canada Astrobiology Newsletter This is not a NASA Website . You might learn something . It's YOUR space agency . Get involved . Take it back . Make it work for YOU . Important Disclaimer nasawatch spaceref.com Voice 1.703.787.6567 RSS Feed Twitter Advertising Archives Support Popular : Categories Budget Congress Commercialization Election 2012 ISS News Policy Video : Everyone Wants To Go Back To The Moon By Keith Cowing on June 26, 2012 10:53 AM View Comments ExxonMobil : The United States ranks 17th in the world in science . It's time to raise the bar and elevate our academic standards . Let's do what's best for our students by investing in our teachers . Find out more at exxonmobil.com letssolvethis Keith's : note

  • Comment: Space X Merlin 1D is not quite the "most efficient" rocket engine ever

    Updated: 2012-06-26 13:51:39
    : FlightGlobal.com Privacy Cookies Privacy Cookies Home News My FG Research Aircraft Jobs AirSpace Images Cutaways Historic Air shows More Search this blog Subscribe by E-mail Google Translate Recent Entries MDA buys Space Systems Loral but will commercial market still be there Comment : Space X Merlin 1D is not quite the most efficient rocket engine ever China's Shenzhou 9 manned spacecraft undocks and redocks with Tiangong 1 to prove manual option Space Tourism Conference : Orbital tourism goes lunar Vote : coolest-ever spacecraft Intelsat 19 not out of the woods as it has power loss on damaged array Debris , interference and SLS pad became main Space Ops talking points Intelsat 19 finally gets its second solar array out X-37B OTV 2 mini-shuttle lands at Vandenberg China launches female

  • Mining the Solar System --Will Spur Our Future Colonization of the Milky Way? (VIDEO)

    Updated: 2012-06-26 12:00:00

  • NASA Thinks Webb's Construction Is A Good Example To Emulate

    Updated: 2012-06-26 00:04:08
    Home SpaceRef Commercial Space Watch OnOrbit NASA Hack Space SpaceRef Canada Astrobiology Newsletter This is not a NASA Website . You might learn something . It's YOUR space agency . Get involved . Take it back . Make it work for YOU . Important Disclaimer nasawatch spaceref.com Voice 1.703.787.6567 RSS Feed Twitter Advertising Archives Support Popular : Categories Budget Congress Commercialization Election 2012 ISS News Policy NASA Thinks Webb's Construction Is A Good Example To Emulate By Keith Cowing on June 26, 2012 8:04 AM View Comments Now Everyone Can Build a Satellite Like NASA : Online Make your game choices carefully and you could build a satellite very similar to NASA's next-generation James Webb Space Telescope , the original inspiration for this game . Build It Yourself :

  • Commercial Crew Partner Videos Released

    Updated: 2012-06-25 21:48:07
    NASA Releases Breakout Videos for the Commercial Crew Program, Commercial Space Watch "Five of NASA's industry partners participated in the production of breakout videos that highlight the systems they're creating in collaboration with the Commercial Crew Program during Commercial Crew Development Round 2. Included videos come from: ATK, Boeing, Sierra Nevada, SpaceX and ULA."

  • SpaceX successfully tests new engine (VIDEO)

    Updated: 2012-06-25 21:20:05
    Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS In which I become SPACE JUDGE Landing on Mars : Seven minutes of terror SpaceX successfully tests new engine VIDEO SpaceX successfully launched the first privately owned rocket Falcon 9 and space capsule Dragon to the International Space Station in May . The engine that propelled them there is called the Merlin built by the company based on known technology and NASA heritage . Several generations of Merlin engines have been made , and the newest , the 1D , was recently test fired in May at the SpaceX facility in Texas . This video of it is pretty darn cool . Turn the volume up

  • In which I become… SPACE JUDGE

    Updated: 2012-06-25 19:24:54
    Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS Bodies in space SpaceX successfully tests new engine VIDEO In which I become SPACE JUDGE Oh , I do love good news . A few days ago I wrote about a small group of aerospace experts who put up a Kickstarter project to launch a small satellite . The news It’s fully funded That means this satellite will get built and launched into space . Be aware that , as with most Kickstarter projects , reaching their goal doesn’t mean you can’t or shouldn’t pitch in . More money pledged even after the goal is achieved means more and cooler stuff the project people can do with it And in this

  • Surreal Arctic time lapse

    Updated: 2012-06-25 14:00:54
    Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS Pyrocumulus cloud Bodies in space Surreal Arctic time lapse Oh , wow . We’re having a heat wave here in Boulder which isn’t helping the fire situation so I’m really glad I watched this time lapse video by Tor Even Mathisen . It is , quite literally , . cool He filmed this in Tromsø specifically Kvaløya and Tromsøya in northern Norway , which is apparently a mecca for aurorae see Related Posts below Mathisen is an editor and cameraman for Norwegian Broadcasting , and clearly has an excellent eye for the sky . He has another aurora video he shot in 2010 This is exactly what I

  • China's Shenzhou 9 manned spacecraft undocks and redocks with Tiangong 1 to prove manual option

    Updated: 2012-06-25 00:01:07
    With all three crew aboard, at around 0318 GMT on 24 June, the Chinese manned henzhou 9 spacecraft ndocked from Tiangong 1 mini-space station and moved approximately 400 metres away from the craft. The Shenzhou 9 craft, iloted by taikonaut Liu Wang, then approached Tiangong 1 to conduct a manual docking. The two craft were successfully manually redocked at 0448 GMT.  The test was to prove that the manual docking method was also a iable procedure should the automatic docking ystem ever ail.

  • News Update: Manned Chinese Spacecraft Completes Docking with Orbiting Module Tiangong 1

    Updated: 2012-06-24 14:57:24
    The image above is from the screen at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center and released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Shenzhou-9 spacecraft and Tiangong-1 lab module, partly seen on left, are conjoined again Sunday, June 24, 2012. Three Chinese astronauts...

  • No words

    Updated: 2012-06-22 03:05:49
    Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS What to make of the Chinese space effort A mini star factory lost in the sky No words Astrophotographer Alan Friedman’s latest Just click it . Here’s an explanation of what you’re seeing Links to more of his soul-stirring photos are below . Image credit : Alan Friedman Related : Posts Towering transit of Venus Solar Cinco de Mayo The face of our star The boiling , erupting Sun Share June 21st , 2012 8:05 PM Tags : Alan Friedman Sun by Phil Plait in Astronomy Pretty pictures 14 comments RSS feed Trackback 14 Responses to No words” 1. quarksparrow Says : June 21st , 2012 at 8:27

  • Space Tourism Conference: Orbital tourism goes lunar

    Updated: 2012-06-21 10:51:29
    : FlightGlobal.com Privacy Cookies Privacy Cookies Home News My FG Research Aircraft Jobs AirSpace Images Cutaways Historic Air shows More Search this blog Subscribe by E-mail Google Translate Recent Entries China's Shenzhou 9 manned spacecraft undocks and redocks with Tiangong 1 to prove manual option Space Tourism Conference : Orbital tourism goes lunar Vote : coolest-ever spacecraft Intelsat 19 not out of the woods as it has power loss on damaged array Debris , interference and SLS pad became main Space Ops talking points Intelsat 19 finally gets its second solar array out X-37B OTV 2 mini-shuttle lands at Vandenberg China launches female taikonaut on Shenzhou 9 which docks successfully China ready to launch Shenzhou 9 manned . spacecraft Nustar satellite successfully . launched Recent

  • Vote: coolest-ever spacecraft

    Updated: 2012-06-21 10:35:02
    Well, coolest-ever fictional spacecraft, anyway. How Stuff Works is running a tournament of head-to-head pairings, and all it needs is your vote - USS Enterprise v Space Battleship, Plant Express v Serenity, Tardis v Heart of Gold, etc. So if you get tired of filling in the brackets at the European Cup or Wimbledon, just click here. Round one closes Friday at 1300 EDT.

  • Intelsat 19 not out of the woods as it has power loss on damaged array

    Updated: 2012-06-20 09:10:27
    Media reports quoting Intelsat sources indicate that while ntelsat 19 has now eployed its jammed solar array fully, aiding the balance and fuel economy of the satellite, the rray was apparently damaged and has suffered a approximate 0% hortfall in power (25% of the satellite's power overall).  A full investigation into the cause of the damage is underway. It has been alleged that the damage was possibly aused during an unexpected pressure event" detected within the fairing during ntelsat 19's aunch on a Sea Launch operated Zenit 3-SL rocket.

  • X-37B/OTV 2 mini-shuttle lands at Vandenberg

    Updated: 2012-06-18 09:42:55
    The small mini-shuttle used by the US Air Force know as the X-37B/OTV 2 (Flight 1) successfully completed its mission as it re-entered and landed at the Vandenberg Air Force base in California at 1248 GMT on 16 June. amp;nbsp; The mission ends the speculation that the craft might have been used to mount a spying mission on Chinese manned operations including the recent docking of the Tiangong 1. in addition to its other reconnaissance duties.  

  • China launches female taikonaut on Shenzhou 9 which docks successfully

    Updated: 2012-06-18 09:07:10
    FlightGlobal.com Privacy Cookies Privacy Cookies Home News My FG Research Aircraft Jobs AirSpace Images Cutaways Historic Air shows More Search this blog Subscribe by E-mail Google Translate Recent Entries Intelsat 19 finally gets its second solar array out X-37B OTV 2 mini-shuttle lands at Vandenberg China launches female taikonaut on Shenzhou 9 which docks successfully China ready to launch Shenzhou 9 manned . spacecraft Nustar satellite successfully . launched Space Shuttle prototype Enterprise gets a prang Speculation that Intelsat 19 solar array jam was caused by Sea Launch interaction The real Venus Transit : NASA releases high definition video from SDO Her Majesty's Jubilee benefits from HDTV on satellite or otherwise On a lighter note : Much rarer than a Venus Transit Recent

  • Intelsat 19 finally gets its second solar array out

    Updated: 2012-06-18 00:48:08
    According Intelsat, the jammed outh solar array panel on its commercial communications satellite, ntelsat 19 (IS-19), was finally eployed on 12 June 2012. This followed four apogee manoeuvering firings on 11 June 2012. The firm's engineers are currently conducting tests to establish the performance, power level, structural integrity and operability of the south array panel. The Ku-band deflector deployment is scheduled for 18 July. nbsp; The cause of the original jam which became evidenct soon after alunch. is still being investigated. It had been suggested that an event recorded by on board microphones during the Sea Launch provided launch might have been involved.

  • China ready to launch Shenzhou 9 manned spacecraft.

    Updated: 2012-06-15 00:28:44
    China plans to launch the Shenzhou 9 spacecraft from the Jiuquan Space Launch Centre in China at 1037 GMT on 16 June. The craft is to carry three taikonauts, Jing Haipeng, Liu Wang, and Liu Yang. Jing Haipeng is to command the crew and will be making his second flight into space having flown on the Shenzhou 7 mission in 2008. Liu Yang will be the first Chinese female in space. The craft is expected to conduct an approximate 13 day mission, docking with the Tiangong 1 craft that has been in orbit since September 2011. At the end of the mission the crew will return to Earth landing in Inner Mongolia.

  • Nustar satellite successfully launched.

    Updated: 2012-06-13 16:19:59
    NASA's NuStar satellite was successfully launched at 1600 GMT on 13 June by a Pegasus launch vehicle dropped from the L1011 launch aircraft. For this launch the L1011 aircraft was deployed to Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.The NuStar craft is to use telescopes measuring hard X-ray features to detect black holes etc.

  • Decisions and Costs to the Private Sector

    Updated: 2012-06-12 22:29:33
    very occasional contributor john hare I noticed the other day that Space Ship Two is supposed to be flying powered flights by the end of this year, and revenue flights by the end of next year. This is nine years from XPrize victory to revenue service if they make this latest time table. The development [...]

  • Space Shuttle prototype Enterprise gets a prang

    Updated: 2012-06-08 11:15:57
    FlightGlobal.com Privacy Cookies Privacy Cookies Home News My FG Research Aircraft Jobs AirSpace Images Cutaways Historic Air shows More Search this blog Subscribe by E-mail Google Translate Recent Entries Intelsat 19 not out of the woods as it has power loss on damaged array Intelsat 19 finally gets its second solar array out X-37B OTV 2 mini-shuttle lands at Vandenberg China launches female taikonaut on Shenzhou 9 which docks successfully China ready to launch Shenzhou 9 manned . spacecraft Nustar satellite successfully . launched Space Shuttle prototype Enterprise gets a prang Speculation that Intelsat 19 solar array jam was caused by Sea Launch interaction The real Venus Transit : NASA releases high definition video from SDO Her Majesty's Jubilee benefits from HDTV on satellite or

  • Venus, the Planet

    Updated: 2012-06-04 17:00:17
    A Hell of a Planet In honor of the transit of Venus, NASA-JPL offered up a look at our “sister” neighbor planet. It’s a gorgeous evening/morning star as seen from Earth, but if you were to travel there, you’d find it be less than gorgeous. Or, you might say it has a terrifying beauty of its [...]

  • Guest Blog Post re: SpaceX

    Updated: 2012-05-25 07:17:05
    Hey all, I was invited to do a guest blog post on the Sic Temper Tyrannis blog regarding the SpaceX COTS 2+ flight. May not be too much new material for regulars here, but I wanted to post a link.

  • Potential for Danger from Space

    Updated: 2012-05-23 17:00:37
    A WISE Survey of Nearby Space Rocks There was a busy space probe out there called the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE, for short). As its name suggests, it was sensitive to infrared wavelengths of light and cataloged millions of objects before it went into hibernation in 2011.  Many things radiate in the infrared, including some potentially [...]

  • Rocket Plumbing

    Updated: 2012-05-19 23:58:13
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  • T Minus 10 Minutes to the SpaceX COTS 2/3 Dragon Launch

    Updated: 2012-05-19 09:47:12
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  • Great Article on Biz Dev

    Updated: 2012-04-28 04:22:12
    Here was a fun article from Forbes on business development for startups (“Biz Dev is a Clever Name for Dirty Work“). My favorite quote: I get the impression, from a lot of these biz dev’ers, that they think of biz dev as fun and sexy. One minute you’re grabbing lunch with Ron Conway and Ashton [...]

  • Space Access 2012 Thoughts

    Updated: 2012-04-17 06:57:51
    I’m still in the process of recuperating from Space Access and the long drive home from Phoenix, but I wanted to give a few thoughts on this year’s conference.  I’ve now been going to Space Access for a full decade (other than 2009, when Tiff was within a week of her due-date for Peter), so [...]

  • Random Pictures from my Camera

    Updated: 2012-04-16 19:03:43
    I’ve been taking pictures with my cellphone camera, but a weird error on WordPress had been preventing me from uploading the pictures until now. So, these pictures range from the start of last year till now, but I figured I’d put a few up. I’m not a good photographer, and my cellphone camera isn’t particularly [...]

  • QOTD: Entrepreneurship Version

    Updated: 2012-04-04 18:37:22
    It takes slightly crazy people to make big changes. These same people generally have tough lives. It’s a lifestyle choice. –Iain McClatchie (who runs the  Ambivalent Engineer blog)

  • Off Topic Political Writing

    Updated: 2012-03-14 10:03:22
    guest blogger john hare Since finding out it was a bad idea to blog technical on space hardware ideas, I haven’t been writing at all. I listen to a variety of talk shows on the truck radio in dribs and drabs at work and found that listening to people talk trash that I couldn’t respond [...]

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