18 April 2020
SpaceX announces date of its first crewed flight to ISS
... 9 launch vehicle and Crew Dragon spacecraft that will support Demo-2 are onsite at SpaceX’s facilities in Florida. To mark... Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley participating in their Demo-2 spacesuits. Demo-2 is the final major milestone for SpaceX’s human...
August 2016
Smallsat launch strategy
...technology evolution of the operational satellite fleet. It means Planet will accept a higher level of risk for a tech demo mission, including risk of launch failure and/or satellite failure, as a trade-off for quicker progress in improvements to the...
15 April 2020
Successful test clears the way for Virgin Orbit's first-ever launch
... the last major step prior to the company’s launch demo, involved the company’s Cosmic Girl – the Boeing 747...today's rehearsal, the final major test before our upcoming launch demo. We'll have more updates very soon — thanks for following along...
February 2016
Protecting Earth from cosmic disasters
..., terrain changes, tsunami formation, etc. The HSS demo version uses simulations for two main damage factors - ... The results were obtained after a test simulation done by the HSS demo version. This example is an assessment of the aftermath of a fall...
February 2018
CubeSats changing the landscape for ‘app’ developers
... source code that facilitates the creation of applications with the NanoSat MO Framework. It is composed of demos of NMF apps, demos of NMF ground applications, a consumer test tool, an NMF package assembler, a playground environment, a software...
July 2020
Pandemic in space – are we ready?
... SpaceX took similar precautions to ensure that everyone in contact with Demo-2 astronauts was screened and wearing masks and gloves. The real ...themselves with SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, prior to the Demo-2 flight test. Space law and health governance The...
