August 2016
Fireflies and saucers
... expert’. The thing is - he actually created his own UFO! Astronaut John H. Glenn wearing a Mercury pressure suit at Cape Canaveral, Florida, during preflight training activities for his Mercury- Atlas 6 flight in 1962. He made America’s first manned...
January 2017
Blueprint for NASA’s journey to Mars
... test will certify Orion’s Launch Abort System by performing an ascent abort off a test booster launched from Cape Canaveral. Mars Rover 2020 is critical for understanding the Mars surface and preparing for Mars Base Camp...
August 2018
America’s ‘dream machine’
... protect government finances. Artist’s rendering of Dream Chaser atop a ULA Atlas V rocket on Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Astronautics It’s also different because we actually own this vehicle. SNC has invested heavily...
April 2019
Building the UK’s first spaceport
... the evolving needs of the commercial space launch industry. Well known launch sites such as Vandenberg and Cape Canaveral in the US, and Baikonur in Kazakhstan have enjoyed many decades of government funding, resulting in many launch complexes able...
April 2019
Space launch industry analysis
... Station. On 23 December, SpaceX launched the US Air Force’s first Global Positioning System III space vehicle from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Winners and losers SpaceX stole the headlines in February 2018 when it launched...
July 2019
Lessons from our first race to the Moon
... spider-like Lunar Module were major developments, as were the rocket testing, assembly and launch facilities at Cape Canaveral and elsewhere, and the computers and software on the ground and in the space vehicles. But the...
