June 2020
Astrovan II - your ride to space is here
... his Starliner crewmates, along with retired astronaut and KSC director Bob Cabana, rode in the Astrovan II to inaugurate the factory roll-out of the first completed Starliner in November 2019. “Airstream did another great job...
July 2020
The four horsemen of space finance
... of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation’s top award for Business and Finance following in the footsteps of the award’s inaugural winner, the late Paul Allen. He is a Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute, Delphi Fellow of Big Think and...
January 2021
Spacepower and international relations
... 1970, followed by China (April 1970), and then India (1980). Israel followed in 1988. Earlier (1965), France inaugurated what evolved into Europe’s extensive space program.” Even a cursory glance at international space history shows that...
April 2021
Satellite servicing comes of age
... Vehicle-1 (MEV-1), docked with the Intelsat 901 (IS-901) communications satellite, solidifying its place in history and inaugurating a new era of satellite servicing. Artist’s impression of MEV-1 docking with its target Intelsat spacecraft. Launch...
30 December 2016
NEOWISE spots two new objects heading our way
... Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission, has helped to discover more than 34,000 asteroids since its first inauguration. If 2016 WF9 turns out to be a comet, it would be the 10th discovered since NEOWISE was brought out of hibernation...
20 January 2017
Winners and potential losers of the Obama and Trump administrations
... to space-related activities and what is on the agenda for Trump’s new Administration? In the weeks leading up to todays inauguration President Obama directed all of his Cabinet-level appointees to prepare "exit memos" on progress made during his...
