April 2019
Building the UK’s first spaceport
... to support horizontal launch systems. The former Space Shuttle runway at Kennedy Space Center, now part of Spaceport Florida. A future UK version is not on this scale. Co-location options The UK has decided upon locations for horizontal and...
April 2019
Space launch industry analysis
... 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 Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster...
May 2019
Cold comfort for astronauts
... Space Exploration Analog and Simulation); the underwater analogue NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) in Florida; two generations of mobile habitats, called Space and Exploration Vehicles (SEV). Furthermore, a NASA-funded academic...
July 2019
Science and sensation in microgravity
... flights to the general public in 2004. They use the Boeing 727 from several airports, and Orlando in Florida in particular. In Russia, Roscosmos still has three specialised IL-76MDK aircraft and the VEGITEL company offers services...
July 2019
Lessons from our first race to the Moon
... in termination of the Soviet programme. An early (c1962) model of the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM) on display at a museum in Titusville, Florida. In this concept the astronauts sat in seats to fly the LEM and would climb down a rope to the...
October 2019
Reusability is key to expanding future space launch business
... and cross-range capability for the fly-back. It lands on a ship, which this summer was in Pensacola, Florida, having a large aircraft-carrier-like deck fitted prior to sea trials. Blue Origin received US$500 million...
