by David Todd | Sep 16, 2019 | NASA
While NASA does not officially have any kind of “diversity-promoting” positive discrimination or quota system such as the BBC is much criticised for using when it books its TV presenters and guests (despite this being technically illegal). Nevertheless,...
by David Todd | Sep 16, 2019 | Seradata News, Soyuz, Technology
Having been undocked from the ISS, the unmanned, albeit with the Skybot F-850 robot aboard, Soyuz MS-14 descent module landed in rural Kazakhstan at 2132 GMT on 6 September 2019.
by David Todd | Sep 13, 2019 | Apollo
To celebrate the 50th Apollo 11 anniversary earlier this year, we ran a crossword to test the brains of our readers. Unfortunately, we had some technical issues compounded by a few human errors. This meant that the clues were either wrongly numbered or missing. Thus,...
by David Todd | Sep 12, 2019 | commercial launch services, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
Momentus, the start-up planning to offer delivery services to other satellites from a low Earth orbit launch to GEO has now ordered a launch for its Vigoride Extended delivery tug. The spacecraft which uses water plasma thruster propulsion will be carried into orbit...
by David Todd | Sep 12, 2019 | China, Launches, Satellites
China successfully launched a Long March 4B (CZ-4B) launch vehicle at 0326 GMT on 12 September from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre. The vehicle was carrying three satellite payloads, Zi Yuan 1-2D, BNU-1 and Jinniuzuo-1. The Zi Yuan 1-2D is an 1840 kg Chinese-built...
