April 2020
Is space poised to take another giant leap?
... the decade is out. Blue Origin’s own orbit class rocket, New Glenn, is already taking shape at its Cape Canaveral facility. It will pack over 30 times more punch than New Shepard, its seven engines generating 3.85 million...
April 2020
Replacing hydrazine fuel with a greener alternative
... enjoy themselves at Cocoa Beach, Florida, in April 2019, while a highly toxic orange plume rises from nearby Cape Canaveral after a failed test fire of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule. If the cloud had reached people, it would have...
May 2020
Space for Art – The magnificent beauty of spaceflight
... such an incredibly beautiful image and help to ensure safety for future launches. Atlas V launch of Solar Orbiter, Cape Canaveral - February 2020 These two pictures bring to life the power of launch. There is a tendency to focus on the spaceships...
February 2021
On the nature of spacepower
... state could dictate the political, military, and economic fates of all terrestrial governments.” US Air Force personnel at Cape Canaveral supervise the launch of a military satellite in 2019. Continental seapowers “Control of Earth Space not only...
05 October 2015
ESTEC opens its doors, 9,000 hi-res Apollo photos go online, and other news from the weekend
... 15. Finally, United Launch Alliance, a Boeing-Lockheed Martin joint venture, held its 100th successful launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Friday. The Atlas V rocket was carrying a Morelos-3 satellite for Mexico’s network of satellites, but The...
23 October 2015
NASA says no to commercial launch pads at Kennedy Space Center – for now
... NASA received for the launch pads – which would have been built at the Kennedy Space Center on Cape Canaveral – has not been disclosed. Yet NASA officials also admitted that the decision could very well...
