by David Todd | Aug 9, 2016 | ESA, exploration, NASA, SpaceX, Technology
Every year Seradata publishes its analysis of how well different nations are doing in the “great space race”. In this, we limit our analysis to manned spaceflight and to its two main exploratory targets: a return to the Moon and setting foot on Mars. On...
by David Todd | Aug 5, 2016 | commercial launch services, exploration, Satellites, Science
While not yet the official licensing agency for lunar and interplanetary transportation (no official law saying so has yet been passed), the US Government Federal Aviation Authority’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation has become the de facto licensing...
by David Todd | Aug 4, 2016 | China, exploration
The Chinese lunar rover “Yutu” has finally succumbed to the cold according to the official Xinhua news agency of China. The rover from the Chang’e 3 lunar lander and rover mission reportedly stopped working after coming out of its 33rd two-week long...
by David Todd | Jul 29, 2016 | Apollo, exploration, Science
While health specialists have recently warned office workers to get up and walk around a bit to reduce their risk of early death, so now astronauts have had a similar warning. This time however, it is more to do with walking – but not on the Moon. While...
by David Todd | Jul 26, 2016 | exploration, Launches, NASA, Seradata News
NASA has formally booked an Atlas V flight to carry its Mars 2020 Rover to the red planet. The rocket launch was procured from the United Launch Alliance and will take place in the Summer of 2020. The rocket will use the heavy-lift Atlas V 541 configuration. The...
by David Todd | Jul 5, 2016 | exploration, NASA
After a near five year journey from its Atlas V 551 launch in August 2011, NASA’s unmanned space probe Juno, has reached its destination, the Jovian system (the planet Jupiter and its moons). Scientists and mission engineers received notification that its engine...
