by David Todd | Jun 18, 2013 | exploration, History
Every now and then interplanetary missions have been proposed which are both exciting and innovative and yet, regretfully, still do not make the cut for funding. One of these was an ambitious plan to fly a rocket-boosted glider on Mars. While that is now unlikely to...
by David Todd | Jun 11, 2013 | exploration, space station
China has launched the manned Shenzhou 10 spacecraft on a Long March 2F/G (CZ-2F/G) rocket from the Jiuquan launch site in China at 0938 GMT on 11 June. For its fifth manned spaceflight mission, three astronauts (taikonauts) flew into orbit on the...
by David Todd | May 3, 2013 | exploration, International Space Station, space station
In late April, it was announced that that ILS Dover, a US firm specialising in spacesuit design, had won a $4.4 million contract from NASA to design, manufacter and test an new design dubbed Z-2. The firm beat competitor Dave Clark Co for the...
by David Todd | Apr 26, 2013 | exploration, Russia, Technology
While the name Orion has been used as the name of real and fictional spacecraft before (e.g. Space 2001 – A space Odyssey’s transport shuttle, and the latest manned spacecraft being developed by NASA) the original Project Orion was actually about...
by David Todd | Apr 23, 2013 | exploration
Mars One has formally announced the opening of its application procedure for those willing to become a televised settler in a new colony on the planet Mars. The trip is one way. The announcement went like this:Mars One is happy to announce the launch of its...
by David Todd | Apr 19, 2013 | exploration
In late May 2012, the non-profit-making organisation, Mars One Foundation announced plans to send humans colonists to Mars. But there is a catch. There is no way of return. In a lecture made in April 2013 at the British Interplanetary Society in London, Bas...
