October 2021
A US space strategy for 2050: shaping a domain on the cusp
... resources and security implications. Christa McAuliffe, the American teacher aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger when it was lost in January 1986, poignantly said: “Space is for everybody. It’s not just for a few people in science or math, or for...
September 2023
From the Earth to Mars
... for me. Despite being involved in the community long enough to question America’s single-point dependency on the unproven Space Shuttle, much of the influencing factors have always been murky. I knew of Dr Robert Goddard and his pioneering efforts...
26 February 2018
Into the Black
...Thirty-five years after the first launch of the Space Shuttle in April 1981, it must be hard to ... involves the issue of thermal tile delamination and the concern that this first Shuttle would burn up on re-entry. ‘To save Columbia’, states the book’s ...
16 July 2018
Spaceflight in the Shuttle Era and Beyond
... of twenty-first-century generations”. As a museum employee, the author is well in tune with the bitter-sweet concept of ‘Space Shuttle as museum exhibit’ and those who have seen one on display will sympathise. Visitors experience at close quarters...
29 August 2022
Engine problem leads to scrub of SLS Artemis 1 mission
... they are bled (brought up to operating temperature) pre-launch is different for SLS compared to the Shuttle. The RS-25 powered the Space Shuttle for over three decades and completed 135 missions. It is one of the most tested large rocket...
May 2018
Space safety – the problem with dual hatting
... development from safety or operations are simply not on the same time scale. The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) berthed to Space Shuttle Discovery in 1997 for servicing and upgrading. The telescope only became fully operational after an initial...
