by David Todd | Jan 15, 2021 | Blue Origin, Launches, Seradata News, Suborbital
At 1717 GMT on 14 January, Blue Origin conducted a test flight from their Van Horn, Texas, facility. The subject was a re-engined version of the New Shepard vertically-launched, suborbital, spaceflight system. Additionally the mission was also evaluating a new capsule...
by David Todd | Oct 14, 2020 | Blue Origin, exploration, NASA, Seradata News
While the Chinese Chang’e 4 programme’s design team bathed in the success of winning their gong from the IAC (Wu Wieren, Yu Dengyun and Sun Zezhou, were awarded the prestigious IAC’s World Space Award medal), the highlight lecture presented by Dr. Yu...
by Matt Wilson | Oct 13, 2020 | Blue Origin, Launches, Seradata News, Suborbital, Technology
Lifting-off from the Van Horn facility, Texas, at 1335 GMT 13 October a Blue Origin New Shepard booster completed its seventh consecutive mission. Whilst this flight was the seventh for this booster in particular, it marks the thirteenth overall for the “New...
by David Todd | Aug 11, 2020 | Blue Origin, commercial launch services, Launches, Military space, SpaceX
On behalf of the US Department of Defense, the US Air Force has awarded launch contracts as part of the National Security Space Launch (Phase 2) programme to two launch providers: the United Launch Alliance (ULA) and SpaceX. These are set to take place between 2020...
by David Todd | Jun 24, 2020 | Blue Origin, Commercial human spaceflight, International Space Station, NASA, Seradata News, Virgin Galactic
It can be said that NASA’s human spaceflight programme has suffered too many changes of leader in the past year. In July 2019, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine effectively fired by demotion the long-serving – but reluctant to change – William H. (Bill) Gerstenmaier...
by David Todd | Nov 12, 2019 | Blue Origin, exploration, NASA, Orion
The Presidential directive to put humans on the Moon by the end of 2024 is concentrating the mind of NASA’s leadership. To some extent NASA’s hands have been bound by past equipment choices with the ever-present problem of having very limited funds to enact such a...
