February 2021
Space archaeology - preserving our orbital heritage
... even a small paint flake travelling in excess of 17,500 miles per hour is significant, as shown by craters observed in Space Shuttle windows. Whilst larger assets such as the ISS have Whipple shielding to provide a measure of protection from debris...
July 2021
Collaboration and competition in lunar exploration
... Services (CRS) programme, was designed to fill the gap in orbital transportation following the retirement of the Space Shuttle. Under this programme, NASA provided funding and technical support, resulting in the development of private cargo supply...
08 August 2018
The most reusable and reliable rocket ever?
.... How will the Block 5 fair after its latest trip to space? Well, after the first flight back in May, contrary to the...its Mars colonising BFR system; a sort of huge interplanetary space shuttle used to ferry people to Mars that Musk unveiled plans for...
02 September 2016
Falcon 9 rocket and Amos-6 satellite explode during testing
... was planning a Dragon cargo mission to the ISS in November of this year. Senator Bill Nelson, whose single space shuttle flight ended 10 days before the Challenger disaster in 1986, issued a statement in which he said that the Falcon...
04 September 2017
Secret spaceplane set for another launch
...in a similar way that the original reusable Space Shuttle used to do. The covert space plane is due to take off on 7...a Falcon 9 rocket, showing that SpaceX is surpassing its private space company roots to multitask as a military launch provider too - ...
20 September 2021
SpaceX all-civilian crew completes historic orbital mission
... Center, where ships retrieved the crew for a brief helicopter flight to the former space shuttle landing facility. The heat shield of the capsule underwent extreme heat up to 3,500 degrees F during reentry. "Dragon ...
