by David Todd | Jun 11, 2016 | Commercial human spaceflight, commercial launch services, Satellites
In June, the world of private commercial spaceflight was in mourning for Patti Grace Smith, 68, who succumbed to pancreatic cancer. She headed up the Commercial Space Transportation regulatory arm of the Federal Aviation Administration. By making sure that private...
by David Todd | Jun 1, 2016 | commercial launch services, Launches, Satellites, SpaceX
At 2139 GMT on 27 May 2016, a Falcon 9FT-R rocket successfully lifted off from the Cape Canaveral launch site in Florida. On board was the commercial communications satellite Thaicom 8. The spacecraft was successfully launched into an energy...
by David Todd | May 18, 2016 | Commercial human spaceflight, commercial launch services, International Space Station, Russia, Seradata News, Soyuz
The state Russian news agency TASS has reported that RSC Energia, the firm in charge of the building and operation of Soyuz spacecraft has declared that NASA has booked six more “seats” for its astronauts on Soyuz flights to the International Space...
by David Todd | May 6, 2016 | commercial launch services, Military space, Satellites, SpaceX, Technology
In what was the second successful down-range, drone barge-landing of the type, after a one day delay due to storms, a Falcon 9FT-R first stage successfully safely touched down after its launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, nearly nine minutes after its 0521 GMT launch...
by David Todd | Apr 12, 2016 | commercial launch services, space station, Technology
The Boeing/Lockheed Martin-owned United Launch Alliance (ULA) has declared in the Denver Post that it will cut 375 jobs out of its total of 3,400 in 2016. The firm expects the majority of these to be achieved relatively painlessly via voluntary redundancies. However,...
by David Todd | Apr 9, 2016 | commercial launch services, ESA, History, International Space Station, NASA, Seradata News, SpaceX
Following its 2043 GMT launch from Cape Canaveral on 9 April 2015, a two-stage Falcon 9FT-R rocket successfully placed the Dragon CRS-8 cargo spacecraft into orbit for NASA on its way to the International Space Station (ISS). Aboard the craft was a new Bigelow...
