by David Todd | Mar 9, 2016 | exploration, Satellites, Technology
Speaking towards the end of the satellite manufacturers’ forum at Satellite 2016 in Washington D.C. in March, Paul Estey, VP Engineering, Manufacturing and Test Operations at California-based but Canadian-owned Space Systems/Loral, casually mentioned that the company...
by David Todd | Feb 19, 2016 | exploration, On a Lighter Note, Seradata News
That now traditional insult “You couldn’t find your ass* (*English translation arse) with two hands and a map!” might well be true for some, but if you do actually have a good map there is no real excuse not to find it. For those that like to go rambling, fell...
by David Todd | Jan 15, 2016 | ESA, exploration, Science
The little German-designed Philae minilab lander, which stole the headlines in November 2014 when it made a bouncing landing onto the nucleus of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, is thought to have died of “hypothermia”. The lander, which originally cadged a lift to...
by David Todd | Jan 4, 2016 | exploration, NASA, Satellites, Science, Seradata News
The Atlas V launch of the NASA Mars InSight (INSIGHT – INterior exploration using Seismic Investigations Geodesy and HeatTransport) mission has been delayed by two years from its planned March 2016 launch date due to a leak in the vacuum-sealed titanium...
by David Todd | Dec 17, 2015 | exploration, NASA, Seradata News, SLS
NASA’s budget has been increased to US$19.285 billion, some US$756 million more than requested. The bulk of the extra money has been allocated to the development of the new Exploration Upper Stage, a full-blown enhancement of the initial SLS vehicle. This should allow...
by David Todd | Dec 17, 2015 | Apollo, China, exploration, NASA, Orion, Russia
Just as most modern jet airliners look the same as they optimise their shapes for their mission, so manned spacecraft are starting to look very similar. Sinodefence.com has revealed that China is working on a new manned spacecraft design that appears to be a close...
