March 2016
Space Oddities: The Problem with Imagination
...Tereshkova’s story isn’t quite as simple as being a milestone for women’s rights and progress. Little known facts are ... women’s rights than with grabbing the lead and reaching another milestone in the Space Race. Looking back, it is perhaps somewhat...
17 February 2021
Perseverance due to land on Mars tomorrow!
... to predict until the spacecraft actually flies through. Mission controllers also may not be able to confirm these milestones at the times listed above because of the complexity of deep-space communications. The flow of detailed engineering data...
19 March 2021
NASA conducts successful test of its massive SLS Moon rocket
... at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The successful test, known as a hot fire, is a critical milestone ahead of the agency’s Artemis I mission, which will send an uncrewed Orion spacecraft on a test flight around the...
24 May 2021
Virgin Galactic makes first flight to space from New Mexico
... data gained from this successful test flight, and we look forward to sharing news on our next planned milestone.” Virgin Galactic fulfilled a number of test objectives during the flight, including: Carried revenue-generating scientific research...
March 2015
On-orbit satellite servicing, insurance and lessons of Palapa B2 and Westar 6
..., and anticipating how to transfer these corrosive and hazardous fluids from one spacecraft to another will be a critical milestone for refuelling missions. Risks and capabilities From an insurer’s viewpoint any technology that helps to mitigate the...
August 2016
Smallsat launch strategy
..., and each launch provides both a symbolic and literal milestone of progress towards our mission: image the entire Earth ...company was able to simultaneously achieve two major technology milestones, in large part thanks to our diversified launch portfolio...
