28 February 2017
The future is here: Elon Musk announces commercial flights to the Moon
At a press conference held on February 27, 2017, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk announced plans to launch a commercial flight carrying two crew members to the Moon in 2018. The press conference came as a surprise to many in the industry, as it was...
July 2019
Next steps in human space exploration
... fly experiments and researchers into space - George Whitesides What excites me about the future of sub-orbital spaceflight is that we’ll be able to help carry the ‘long tail’ of humans that are interested in this experience. I was inspired...
10 July 2019
Virgin Galactic to become the first publicly traded commercial human spaceflight company
... the edge of space during its landmark test flight in December 2018. This was followed by a second successful spaceflight in February 2019. The company already has customer reservations from more than 600 people in 60 countries representing...
16 July 2018
Spaceflight in the Shuttle Era and Beyond
...these competing depictions to “unpack the meaning of the spaceflight enterprise”. It is replete with the trappings of ...a timely reminder of the state of play in American crewed spaceflight and the apparent lack of urgency to replace the Shuttle with ...
08 January 2023
Spaceflight
...the series with one broad overview of a subject (spaceflight) and one more focused review of a specific space ... exploration and the space infrastructure, to “Astroculture” and human spaceflight - in six pithy chapters. The account is predominantly an ...
May 2020
Space for Art – The magnificent beauty of spaceflight
... while others may be less so, and I am so thankful to all of the photographers who are chronicling the magnificent beauty of spaceflight. To me, this picture of the Space Shuttle Discovery’s roll to the launch pad for her final flight is the...
